An unusual case of priapism.
A case of sickle cell disease with 63 documented episodes of priapism that were managed medically is presented. The case is very unusual because of the fact that despite so many episodes of priapism, he did not lose sexual potency. On the contrary, over a period of time, his penis hypertrophied. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case with so many episodes of priapism reported in the English literature. We present a hypothesis for such unusual occurrence.
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Department of Surgery, King-Drew Medical Center, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059.
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology; D011317:Priapism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*