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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 48-51 |
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Role of penile doppler as a diagnostic tool in penile fracture
Mohamed Azmi Hassali1, Ahmed Ibrahim Nouri2, Azhar Amir Hamzah3, Ashutosh Kumar Verma1
1 Department of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Penang 11800, Malaysia
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Penang 11800, Malaysia
3 Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 15200 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Mohamed Azmi Hassali
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang
Malaysia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 3 |
DOI: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_9_18
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Penile fracture is defined as a traumatic rupture of either corpus cavernosum or the tunica albuginea; sometimes it can be both. It may be caused by exotic masturbation acts, sexual intercourse, or other trauma to this area. This can be accompanied by injury to the urethra, which is the cause of hematuria as a symptom for some patients. Typically, diagnosis of penile rupture or fracture depends on clinical examination and history told by the patients. We are stating the importance of medical imaging in the diagnosis of patients with penile fracture by presenting a case of patient suffered from penile fracture after a fall on his penis where it affected the erection of two-third of his penis. In which, the proper diagnosis by imaging studies and taking actions accordingly can save the patients from unnecessary surgeries that indeed increase the bill of the medical care directly and indirectly. Therefore, most patients can be diagnosed cost-effectively and treated surgically without a need to delay surgery, which is often the case if one was to resort to other investigations. Investigations such as retrograde urethrography for suspected urethral injury should only be used when the diagnosis of penile fracture is in doubt. |
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