Ischemic complications of the glans penis are rare and commonly result from trauma, inadvertent administration of vasoconstrictive solutions, diabetes mellitus, circumcision and vasculitis; we refer about a young man with severe ischemia of the glans penis following circumcision. The patient had undergone circumcision 5 days before in a surgery department under local anesthesia (1% mepivacaine ...

We describe an unusual complication of coital trauma in a 29-year-old man who presented with a 3-year history of hematospermia and post-coital gross hematuria. Using urethroscopy under a semi-tumescent penis, an isolated urethral injury with active bleeding was detected at the prostatic urethra. The patient was successfully treated with transurethral fulguration. We suggest that isolated poster...

Tuberculosis of the penis is rare. The clinical features of penile tuberculosis are usually manifested as ulceration or scars. However, the authors encountered a case of penile tuberculosis that presented as a mass. A painless nodule at the base of the penis was noted in a 63-year-old male patient. Surgical excision was recommended, and pathologic finding revealed granulomatous inflammation in ...

Received January 2009 Accepted March 2009 INTRODUCTION Self-mutilations of the external genitals in psychiatric patients is also known as Klingsor syndrome. (1) These patients show a high tendency to repeating self-aggressive actions, especially when their medical therapy is discontinued.(2,3) In 1929, Ehrlich reported the first successful penile reimplantation of an amputated penis.(4) Althoug...

A Japanese male patient presented with an enormously disfigured penis and scrotum. The penis was swollen and distorted rightward, and the skin was hard and lumpy. The patient had had a subdermal abscess for 6 years. The current condition was considered secondary lymphoedema of the penis and scrotum resulting from chronic skin infection. Wide excision of the affected area with bilateral inguinal...

Background: Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is an uncommon adverse reaction to medications. Mucosal areas, particularly the male genitalia, are favored sites. To our knowledge, no study has investigated the causative agent(s) in FDE occurring on male genitals of Iranian patients. So, we conducted a study to determine the most common agents and areas of involvement in fixed genital drug eruption of ma...

Till now numerous reports have depicted the different constricting devices (CDs) previously threaded on the penis for obtaining of sexual pleasure or/and prolonged erection. The causes of CD bearing on the penis are sexual or autoerotic actions. Here we present two cases of successful removal of a metal device from a penis that was associated with trauma grade II according to Bhat et al. The te...

Clear cell sarcoma of the penis is exceedingly rare with only one prior case involving the penis reported in the literature. We present the case of a 32 year old male who presented with an infiltrative neoplasm at the base of the penis as well as extensive metastatic disease to the lymph nodes and bone. Morphologic, immunohistochemical and cytogenetic findings established the diagnosis of clear...

Buschke-Loewenstein tumor (BLT) is a giant condyloma acuminatum which is very rare and commonly affects the anogenital region. The malignant transformation and localization in penis is very rare. This article aims to present a case with BLT with malignant transformation in penis. A 59-year-old male patient was referred, who has have been suffering from a cauliflower-like lesion in the penis for...