title: Duplex ultrasonography after prostaglandin E1 injection of the clitoris in a case of hyperreactio luteinalis.
abstract: We report an unusual case of persistent postpartum clitorimegaly due to ovarian hyperreactio luteinalis. Duplex ultrasonography of the clitoris after intracorporeal injection of prostaglandin E1 revealed marked clitoral erection and increased arterial flow, as in the penis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143-0738.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akkus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carrier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turzan
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Lue
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002987:Clitoris / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014770:Virilism / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000527:Alprostadil