Priapism in the oncology setting.
N.L. is a 20-year-old Caucasian man with no significant medical history. He presented to the hospital with a two-day history of feeling ill with intermittent nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, and headache. He also noted slurred speech and left-upper-quadrant fullness for almost a month.
Manuel
Megan B
MB
Department of Nursing, Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. mmanuel@wfubmc.edu
Leak
Ashley
A
Carroll
Suzanne A
SA
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011317:Priapism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology