title: Can Eosinophil Count, Platelet Count, and Mean Platelet Volume Be a Positive Predictive Factor in Penile Arteriogenic Erectile Dysfunction Etiopathogenesis?
abstract: Blood count parameters of patients referring with erectile dysfunction (ED) were examined in this study and it was investigated whether eosinophil count (EC), platelet count (PC), and mean platelet volume values among the suspected predictive parameters which may play a role in especially penile arteriogenic ED etiopathogenesis had a contribution on pathogenesis. Patients referring with ED complaint were evaluated. Depending on the medical story, ED degree was determined by measuring International Index of Erectile Function. Penile Doppler ultrasonography was taken in patients suspected to have vasculogenic ED. According to penile Doppler ultrasonography result, patients with arterial deficiency were included in the penile arteriogenic ED group and the patients with normal results were included in the nonvasculogenic ED group. A total of 36 patients participated in the study from the penile arteriogenic ED group and 32 patients from the nonvasculogenic ED group. Compared with the nonvasculogenic ED group, the penile arteriogenic ED group's low International Index of Erectile Function score, high EC, mean platelet volume and PC values were detected to be statistically significant ( p < .001, p = .021, p = .018, p = .034, respectively). No statistically significant difference was observed among the two groups when age, white blood cells, red blood cells, and hemoglobin values were considered. Pansystolic volume velocities were detected as statistically significantly low compared with the nonvasculogenic ED group in the measurements made in 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th minutes on the right and left sides in the penile arteriogenic ED group. High MPV value and PC is a significant predictive factor for penile arteriogenic ED and vasculogenic ED and high EC is specifically predictive of arteriogenic ED.
authors.affiliation: 1 Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Giray
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.affiliation: 1 Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yunus Emre
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Göğer
authors.affiliation: 2 Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Leyla Öztürk
authors.initials: LÖ
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.affiliation: 1 Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: 1 Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balasar
authors.affiliation: 3 Medical Park Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004804:Eosinophils; D006801:Humans; D018783:Impotence, Vasculogenic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010976:Platelet Count; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: eosinophil count; mean platelet volume; penile Doppler ultrasonography; penile arteriogenic erectile dysfunction; platelet count