Xing, Daniel T., Yilmaz, Helene, Hettige, Supan, Hegde, Rajendra, and Nair, Rohan (2021) Successful Treatment of Malignant Priapism by Radiotherapy: Report of a Case, Review of the Literature, and Treatment Recommendations. Cureus, 13 (8). e17287.

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Abstract

Malignant priapism is a condition of painful induration and erection of the penis secondary to metastatic infiltration by a neoplasm. This condition is associated with a poor prognosis. We report on a case of an 87-year-old man who presented with a painful, partially erected penis subsequent to a diagnosis of metastatic Gleason 4+5 prostate cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed diffuse bilateral infiltration of his corpora cavernosa. The core biopsy of the penile nodule revealed it to be a poorly differentiated carcinoma consistent with prostatic origin. The patient’s symptoms were completely resolved after treatment with high-dose palliative conformal radiotherapy (40Gy in 16 fractions). We systemically reviewed clinical reports of palliative radiotherapy for malignant priapism with the aim to gain more information on the management of this rare condition.

Item ID:	82132
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2168-8184
Copyright Information:	© Copyright 2021 Xing et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2024 01:00
FoR Codes:	32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis > 321104 Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy) @ 100%
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