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Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound

CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a young male with high clinical suspicion of a penile fracture found to have dorsal vein rupture by emergency department point-of-care ultrasound. This false form of penile fracture was subsequently confirmed intraoperatively. DISCUSSION: Penile fracture is...

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Autores principales: Scott, Sean E., Langenohl, Robert, Crisostomo-Wynne, Theodore, Kang, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33560969
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.10.49631
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author Scott, Sean E.
Langenohl, Robert
Crisostomo-Wynne, Theodore
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description CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a young male with high clinical suspicion of a penile fracture found to have dorsal vein rupture by emergency department point-of-care ultrasound. This false form of penile fracture was subsequently confirmed intraoperatively. DISCUSSION: Penile fracture is a rare clinical entity that may be separated into true vs false penile fracture, with only true fracture requiring surgery. The images submitted here add to the sparse literature evidence that point-of-care ultrasound can be used to differentiate between these two clinical entities. Additionally, this case report highlights an opportunity for further research into and application of point-of-care ultrasound to the evaluation of suspected penile fractures.
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spelling pubmed-78726022021-02-12 Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound Scott, Sean E. Langenohl, Robert Crisostomo-Wynne, Theodore Kang, Christopher Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a young male with high clinical suspicion of a penile fracture found to have dorsal vein rupture by emergency department point-of-care ultrasound. This false form of penile fracture was subsequently confirmed intraoperatively. DISCUSSION: Penile fracture is a rare clinical entity that may be separated into true vs false penile fracture, with only true fracture requiring surgery. The images submitted here add to the sparse literature evidence that point-of-care ultrasound can be used to differentiate between these two clinical entities. Additionally, this case report highlights an opportunity for further research into and application of point-of-care ultrasound to the evaluation of suspected penile fractures. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7872602/ /pubmed/33560969 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.10.49631 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Scott et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Scott, Sean E.
Langenohl, Robert
Crisostomo-Wynne, Theodore
Kang, Christopher
Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound
title Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound
title_full Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound
title_fullStr Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound
title_full_unstemmed Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound
title_short Penile Dorsal Vein Rupture Identified by Emergency Department Ultrasound
title_sort penile dorsal vein rupture identified by emergency department ultrasound
topic Images in Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33560969
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.10.49631
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