Penile Mondor's disease: a case report

Cases Journal - Tập 1 - Trang 1-3 - 2008
Panagiotis Kartsaklis1, Charalampos Konstantinidis1, Charalampos Thomas1, Maria Tsimara1, Sotirios Andreadakis1, Aristomenis Gekas1
1General Hospital of Patras "O Aghios Andreas", Patras, Greece

Tóm tắt

Thrombosis or thromboflebitis of the superficial dorsal vein of the penis, known as penile Mondor's disease was first described by Braun-Falco in 1955. A physically healthy 32-year-old man proceed in our unit suffered from a painful swelling, on the dorsal aspect of his penis, being more painful during erections. Ultrasonography examination revealed a non-compressible portion of superficial dorsal vein as well as the lack of venous flow signals in Doppler ultrasonography and the patient was treated conservatively. Penile Mondor's disease is a rare clinical entity that every urologist should be able to recognize. Although it is a benign condition and usually self-limited, patients proceed to specialist with considerable psychological stress.

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