SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19
COVID-19 is a disease characterized by respiratory distress, systemic inflammation, multiple organ dysfunction and coagulation disorders, chiefly pulmonary embolism, and deep venous thrombosis. In this case report, we discuss a peculiar case of ischemic priapism in a 36-year-old patient with asympto...
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| description | COVID-19 is a disease characterized by respiratory distress, systemic inflammation, multiple organ dysfunction and coagulation disorders, chiefly pulmonary embolism, and deep venous thrombosis. In this case report, we discuss a peculiar case of ischemic priapism in a 36-year-old patient with asymptomatic COVID-19 and no other plausible causes of thrombophilia and/or alternative causes of priapism, as well as discussing possible explanations for such remarkable findings and comparing them to analogous cases recorded in literature. The patient was unsuccessfully treated via cavernous blood aspiration and required several shunting procedures, with no further recurrences and negative testing for pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, and other causes of thrombophilia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d3a114a4ef3f406d9b71ebeba50e25412025-08-20T03:24:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Urology2090-696X2090-69782021-01-01202110.1155/2021/99368919936891SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19Antonio Francesco Maria Giuliano0Marco Vulpi1Francesca Passerini2Antonio Vavallo3Anna Belfiore4Saverio Forte5Vincenzo Ostilio Palmieri6Pasquale Ditonno7Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Urology and Andrology Unit II, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Urology and Andrology Unit II, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Urology and Andrology Unit II, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Urology and Andrology Unit II, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Piazza Giulio Cesare n°11, 70124 Bari, Bari, ItalyCOVID-19 is a disease characterized by respiratory distress, systemic inflammation, multiple organ dysfunction and coagulation disorders, chiefly pulmonary embolism, and deep venous thrombosis. In this case report, we discuss a peculiar case of ischemic priapism in a 36-year-old patient with asymptomatic COVID-19 and no other plausible causes of thrombophilia and/or alternative causes of priapism, as well as discussing possible explanations for such remarkable findings and comparing them to analogous cases recorded in literature. The patient was unsuccessfully treated via cavernous blood aspiration and required several shunting procedures, with no further recurrences and negative testing for pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, and other causes of thrombophilia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9936891 |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Francesco Maria Giuliano Marco Vulpi Francesca Passerini Antonio Vavallo Anna Belfiore Saverio Forte Vincenzo Ostilio Palmieri Pasquale Ditonno SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 Case Reports in Urology |
| title | SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 |
| title_full | SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 |
| title_short | SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Determining Factor to the Precipitation of Ischemic Priapism in a Young Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 |
| title_sort | sars cov 2 infection as a determining factor to the precipitation of ischemic priapism in a young patient with asymptomatic covid 19 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9936891 |
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