Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature

Penile abscesses are rare and mainly interest the corpora cavernosa or soft tissue of the external genitalia, while involvement of the corpus spongiosum is unusual, with only a few cases published in the literature. We report the case of an abscess of the corpus spongiosum secondary to a documented...

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Autores principales: El Bote, Hicham, Lakssir, Jihad, Bellouki, Omar, Boughaleb, Abdelmounim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102401
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author El Bote, Hicham
Lakssir, Jihad
Bellouki, Omar
Boughaleb, Abdelmounim
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description Penile abscesses are rare and mainly interest the corpora cavernosa or soft tissue of the external genitalia, while involvement of the corpus spongiosum is unusual, with only a few cases published in the literature. We report the case of an abscess of the corpus spongiosum secondary to a documented urinary tract infection in a young immunocompetent patient with no particular pathological history. To our knowledge this is the first case reported in this context.
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spelling pubmed-101729052023-05-12 Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature El Bote, Hicham Lakssir, Jihad Bellouki, Omar Boughaleb, Abdelmounim Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Penile abscesses are rare and mainly interest the corpora cavernosa or soft tissue of the external genitalia, while involvement of the corpus spongiosum is unusual, with only a few cases published in the literature. We report the case of an abscess of the corpus spongiosum secondary to a documented urinary tract infection in a young immunocompetent patient with no particular pathological history. To our knowledge this is the first case reported in this context. Elsevier 2023-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10172905/ /pubmed/37181941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102401 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature
title Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature
title_full Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature
title_short Periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: A case report and review of literature
title_sort periurethral abscess in corpus spongiosum caused by urinary tract infection: a case report and review of literature
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102401
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