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Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Secondary to Traumatic Perforation of Urethral Diverticulum

Abscess of the corpus cavernosum is a condition that occurs most commonly as a result of penile injection, priapism, sexually transmitted infections, and trauma. The diagnosis of corpus cavernosum abscess is made through imaging, typically computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound. The preferred method...

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Autores principales: Gore, Thomas C, Schepcoff, Anna, Sorresso, Domenick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211265
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7032
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description Abscess of the corpus cavernosum is a condition that occurs most commonly as a result of penile injection, priapism, sexually transmitted infections, and trauma. The diagnosis of corpus cavernosum abscess is made through imaging, typically computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound. The preferred method of treatment for corpus cavernosum abscess is incision, drainage, and antibiotic therapy. Urethral diverticulum (UD) is defined as a saccular outpouching of the urethral lumen. We present a unique case of corpus cavernosum abscess secondary to perforation of a UD requiring extensive surgical intervention and resulting in long-term complications.
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spelling pubmed-70827832020-03-24 Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Secondary to Traumatic Perforation of Urethral Diverticulum Gore, Thomas C Schepcoff, Anna Sorresso, Domenick Cureus Internal Medicine Abscess of the corpus cavernosum is a condition that occurs most commonly as a result of penile injection, priapism, sexually transmitted infections, and trauma. The diagnosis of corpus cavernosum abscess is made through imaging, typically computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound. The preferred method of treatment for corpus cavernosum abscess is incision, drainage, and antibiotic therapy. Urethral diverticulum (UD) is defined as a saccular outpouching of the urethral lumen. We present a unique case of corpus cavernosum abscess secondary to perforation of a UD requiring extensive surgical intervention and resulting in long-term complications. Cureus 2020-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7082783/ /pubmed/32211265 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7032 Text en Copyright © 2020, Gore et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gore, Thomas C
Schepcoff, Anna
Sorresso, Domenick
Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Secondary to Traumatic Perforation of Urethral Diverticulum
title Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Secondary to Traumatic Perforation of Urethral Diverticulum
title_full Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Secondary to Traumatic Perforation of Urethral Diverticulum
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title_short Corpus Cavernosum Abscess Secondary to Traumatic Perforation of Urethral Diverticulum
title_sort corpus cavernosum abscess secondary to traumatic perforation of urethral diverticulum
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211265
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7032
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