https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.1.85

Ultrasound findings of ruptured Peyronie’s plaque: Case report and review of the literature

Vol. 89 No. 1 (2017)
Submitted: December 11, 2016
Accepted: January 11, 2017
Published: March 31, 2017
Peyronie’s disease, Penile trauma, Plaque, Ultrasound, Masturbation
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Lucio Dell'Atti
dellatti@hotmail.com
Department of Urology, University Hospital “St.Anna”, Ferrara, Italy.
Andrea Benedetto Galosi
Department of Urology, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
We present here a rare case of rupture of tunica albuginea and corpus cavernosum, in the site of a Peyronie’s plaque, which happened in a 61- year-old man during a vacuum cleaner masturbation. Ultrasound study showed an irregular hyperechoic defect at the cavernosal rupture site in correspondence of the Peyronie’s plaque. The hematoma was evacuated, partially plaque excised, and the tear repaired. Ultrasonography is an ideal technique for evaluating patients with penile trauma and can be routinely used in an emergency. It is a non-invasive method that gives faster results than cavernosography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

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Lucio Dell'Atti, Department of Urology, University Hospital “St.Anna”, Ferrara
Department of Urology
Andrea Benedetto Galosi, Department of Urology, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona
Department of Urology

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Dell’Atti, L., & Galosi, A. B. (2017). Ultrasound findings of ruptured Peyronie’s plaque: Case report and review of the literature. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 89(1), 85–86. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.1.85

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