Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report

The association of penile fracture with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) has never been described. Our patient is a 41-year-old male with EDS who presented with a traumatic penile fracture, ten days following sexual intercourse. This report recognizes the possible heightened risk of structural penile in...

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Autores principales: Liu, James L., Hawksworth, Dorota J., Burnett, Arthur L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Trauma and Reconstruction
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31641596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101011
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description The association of penile fracture with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) has never been described. Our patient is a 41-year-old male with EDS who presented with a traumatic penile fracture, ten days following sexual intercourse. This report recognizes the possible heightened risk of structural penile injury in patients with connective tissue disorders such as EDS and emphasizes a need for a high index of suspicion of occult urethral injury and special considerations in surgical management of these complex cases.
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spelling pubmed-67967202019-10-22 Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report Liu, James L. Hawksworth, Dorota J. Burnett, Arthur L. Urol Case Rep Trauma and Reconstruction The association of penile fracture with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) has never been described. Our patient is a 41-year-old male with EDS who presented with a traumatic penile fracture, ten days following sexual intercourse. This report recognizes the possible heightened risk of structural penile injury in patients with connective tissue disorders such as EDS and emphasizes a need for a high index of suspicion of occult urethral injury and special considerations in surgical management of these complex cases. Elsevier 2019-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6796720/ /pubmed/31641596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101011 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://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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Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report
title Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report
title_full Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report
title_fullStr Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report
title_short Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report
title_sort penile fracture in a patient with ehlers-danlos syndrome: a case report
topic Trauma and Reconstruction
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31641596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101011
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