Posttraumatic arterial priapism in a 7-year-old boy: successful management by percutaneous transcatheter embolization.

نویسندگان

  • K Visvanathan
  • P E Burrows
  • J F Schillinger
  • A E Khoury
چکیده

Priapism may be classified as the classical veno-occlusive form or the more recently described high flow, arterial type. We report a case of posttraumatic arterial priapism in a 7-year-old boy. The successful management with percutaneous transcatheter embolization of the internal pudendal artery is described.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of urology

دوره 148 2 Pt 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992