The GoFundMe page says his
priapism is "potentially life-threatening" and he "may have been close to death".
Interestingly, post-traumatic high-flow
priapism is rare as a urologic emergency, and the cases mentioned in the literature are under-reported.
Clinical presentation n (%) Acute painful crisis 367 (49.7) Acute chest syndrome 155 (20.9) Infections 129 (17.5) Acute anemia 60 (8.1) Hand foot syndrome 14 (2.0) Stroke 10 (1.3)
Priapism 4 (0.5) Table 3--Comparison of clinical presentation of the studied case by their age.
Neonatal
priapism associated with spontaneous bilateral pyocavernositis.
Finally, the authors have stated that other organic causes of
priapism were excluded.
Herein, we present a case of a 47-year-old man with persistent
priapism who underwent hemodialysis.
Detection of BCR-ABL confirms the diagnosis of Chronic phase CML with
priapism was made.
A 23-year-old male presented to our emergency department for management of recurrent
priapism. Prior to presentation, the patient experienced progressive, recurrent episodes of
priapism at least 2-3 times per week requiring aggressive physical activity, irrigations, and/or intracavernosal injections at outside facilities.
Other side effects associated with injections are local cavernosal haematoma, ecchymosis, prolonged erection (4-6 hours),
priapism (prolonged erection greater than 6 hours), penile oedema and fibrosis.
Priapism requires emergency care when the erections go on for more than four hours.
What is thought to be the mechanisms of sickle cell disease associated
priapism?