title: A rare cause of recurrent priapism: hereditary angioedema.
abstract: Hereditary angioedema is a rare disease, which is caused by deficiency of compleman c1 esterase inhibitor regulatory protein in the compleman system. Priapism is involuntary, painful and prolonged erection of penis more than 4 h without sexual desire. In this case report, we elucidated a patient diagnosed with hereditary angioedema while he had recurrent priapism.
authors.affiliation: Urology Clinics, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyuz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Akdogan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054179:Angioedemas, Hereditary / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011317:Priapism / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence
keywords: Erectile dysfunction; priapism