Intermittent priapism associated with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Nine patients with intermittent priapism associated with lumbar spinal stenosis are described. They had severe intermittent claudication and priapism when walking, and 7 had sensory disturbances affecting the lumbosacral nerve roots at rest. Radiographs showed degenerative central stenosis in 6, and degenerative spondylolisthesis in 3. Seven were treated by surgical decompression and 2 refused operation. Six of the 7 had improvement in their priapism, but symptoms recurred in one as a result of spondylolisthesis developing after operation.
Baba
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Furusawa
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N
Tanaka
Y
Y
Imura
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S
Tomita
K
K
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011317:Priapism / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery