title: High-flow priapism leading to the diagnosis of lung cancer.
abstract: We report on a patient with spontaneous high-flow priapism. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a sacral tumor. Prior to tumor surgery, signs of lung cancer were found on chest X-ray. The diagnosis was confirmed by bronchoscopy. Priapism in this case can be explained either as a paraneoplastic symptom or as an isolated manifestation of cauda compression. Both are very uncommon reasons for priapism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Mannheim Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greschner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krautschick
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alken
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply; D011317:Priapism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012447:Sacrum / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents