Penile strangulation in a patient with Parkinson's disease: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Aberrant sexual behaviour such as hypersexuality or exhibitionism has been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease and its therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 67-year-old man with a 10-year history of Parkinson's disease, currently under therapy with L-dop...

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Autores principales: Pinggera, Germar M, Pichler, Renate, Rehder, Peter, Kerschbaumer, Andrea, Buttazzoni, Alexander, Zangerl, Florian, Mitterberger, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20066067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9379
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Aberrant sexual behaviour such as hypersexuality or exhibitionism has been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease and its therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 67-year-old man with a 10-year history of Parkinson's disease, currently under therapy with L-dopa and bromocriptine, who presented with his wedding ring constricting the base of his penis. The ring could be removed with a ring cutter without complications. CONCLUSION: The present literature concerning sexual dysfunction in Parkinson's disease and dopaminergic therapy is discussed. Doctors who treat these patients should be aware of the problem of hypersexuality associated with dopaminergic therapy.

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