Successful Treatment Of Idiopathic Priapism In A 13-Year-old Boy

UroToday.com - Sickle-cell disease is the cause of the majority of *praipism cases in adolescents, but can be caused by other entities such as malignancies, trauma, and medication. The authors in this manuscript report a 13-year-old sexual active boy who developed priapism 12 hours after intercourse after which his erection never detumesced and became progressively painful. No overt cause was found.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on April 15th, 2009