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I

Posttraumatic Autologous Andrew Paul 0.

B. Crummy,1 Madsen2

Conventional massage, spinal

Joanne

treatments ice packs,

ration,

tion,

Priapism: Successful Clot Embolization

anesthesia,

spongiosum

shunt,

treatments

lshizuka,1

of pniapism pressure

urethral

and

indicates

that

success

sequelae, primarily impotence, crosis, remain major problems The underlying pathophysiobogy of

arterial

reduce should,

inflow

relative

the inflow theoretically

of

permanently ply should interruption

clot,

restoration

the

that

wide

not been

variety

of

uniform

occasionally

and

tissue

of pniapism venous

blood at least,

caverno-

ne-

outflow.

Treatment

on increase be effective.

to

venous outflow In order not to

with

flow

reported to

a case

which a short

will

result

period

in

of time

artery

who

of posttraumatic of

the

internal

mm

after

pressure

had

patient with embolization

a similar

good

was

about

It could

minutes

24

hr and

be manually

but resumed

then

returned

compressed

its erect

to

state

3-4

released.

right,

such

The

contrast

tion.

The

and

subsequent left

surgery

(fig. remained

unchanged,

was

catheterized

was

passed

into

were

gluteal,

which

of the

the

trauma

shunt

the anterior

groin

failed.

left

upper

and

multiple

resulted

in

occlusion

had

trunk

The

extremity.

of

patient’s

patent

embolization,

the

of the

penis.

penis

When

seen

at 1 and 6 months

the

patient

(figs.

patient

The

clot

the

inferior

arteries.

The obtu-

1B

1 C).

and

reported

returned

catheter

autologous of

and the,vesical

remained The

that

trunk

pudendal,

complex

inferred

right

extravasainitial

so the next day the left hypogastric the

the anterior

the internal artery

the

an erection.

to the

to cannulate

from from

placed,

with

excluding

attributed

it was

1 A). An attempt artery

thereby

was

and

hypogastnic

in an individual

runs,

of staining

artery emboli

seen

between

asymmetry

thrombosed the

as is normally cleared

to normal

After

a decrease over

the

in

next

12

hr. and

intercourse.

posttraumatic of the internal

functional

for

state.

On the fifth hospital day, pelvic arteniography showed no evidence of the shunt. There was staining at the base of the penis on

turgidity

pudendal

semiflaccid

several

size within

rator

pniapism

was

normal

pniapism

clot after more standard treatments function was normal 3 months after

the procedure. We report another pniapism treated by transartenial pudendal

of

after

embolization

autologous [1 1. Sexual

failed

lysis

blood

penis

turgid

the

is an excess

The

to its preoperative

completion

responded

had

has but [11.

natural

of normal

3]. We previously

artery

The

penis.

impair function, any interruption of arterial supbe temporary. A method for achieving temporary of arterial flow is to occlude the inflow with

autologous [2,

to

have included aspidressing, hepaniniza-

ligation.

with

and

catheterization,

arterial

Treatment

reported

he had

Telephone

indicated

no

follow-up, normal

conversation

change

had

the penis

erections 1 8 months

was normal

and after

satisfactory embolization

occurred.

result. Discussion

Case

Posttraumatic

Report

pniapism

experience

A 49-year-old gunshot wound right

thigh,

thigh.

man, seen because of pniapism, had sustained a 3 weeks before with the bullet passing through the

the

scrotum

He developed

mained

wounds.

despite

examination hematomas The day after

nosum-spongiosum

Received Administration

AJR

shunt

November

I Department

Department 133:329-330,

the

a persistent

unchanged

Physical resolving

2

near

14,

sitz

base

of the

erection baths

and

penis,

4 days

August

into

earlier

intravenous

the

left

that

re-

heparin.

was normal except for the penile erection, of both thighs, and healing cutaneous admission, a right unilateral corpus caverwas

1978;

established

accepted

at

after

William 1979;

S. Middleton 0361 -803X/79/

the

revision

of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, WI 53705. Address

of Surgery.

and

midshaft

April

of

25,

Administration

1332-0329

ply

success to

any

of

the

in

an

embolizatio#{241}

two

In one

uncommon

cases

case

of

of

tion as to his cooperation. gous clots make the

The occlusion

against

effects.

term

side

method

spontaneous

spontaneous self-limited

is

and limited.

of the arterial

posttraumatic

treatment was unsuccessful. In that case, frankly psychotic sexual deviate and there

long

condition,

treatment

intraarterial

penis

encouraging.

is

particular

supis

pniapism pniapism,

the patient was some

similar

was a ques-

lysis of autoloand protects

1979.

Clinical Science reprint requests

Veterans

the

The

with

$00.00:

Center, 600 Highland to A. B. Crummy.

Hospital, © American

Madison, Roentgen

Ave.

,

Madison,

WI 53705. Ray Society

WI 53792,

and William

S. Middleton

Veterans

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CASE

REPORTS

AJR:133,

August

1979

r.4m

,.1 Fig.

1 -Abdominal

at right trauma.

aortograrns.

A, Late

arterial

phase.

base of penis. Lack of staining on left side Density extending obliquely across scrotum

on drape.

B. Selective

injection

into anterior

Unilateral

believed due due to spill

trunk

of left internal

staining to previous of contrast

iliac artery.

Blood supply to penis with dense staining on right. Bullet in soft tissues. C. After embolization, no longer staining at base of penis. Arterial supply from left hypogastric obliterated. Some minor extravasation of contrast due to overloading of system with catheter wedged. Patient experienced decreased turgidity at this time.

C

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