Selective arterial embolization for post-traumatic high flow priapism
Logarakis, N.F.; Simons, M.E.; Hassouna, M.
Canadian Journal of Urology 7(3): 1051-1054
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1195-9479 PMID: 11118281 Document Number: 521634
We report on a 23 year old patient with high flow priapism following blunt perineal trauma in which arterial-cavernosal fistula was missed by penile Doppler ultrasonography but was successfully localized by arteriography and embolized using Gelfoam pledgets. Detumescence was complete in 2 days and sexual function returned to the premorbid state after 4 weeks. The diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of high flow priapism and review of the literature are discussed.