Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Saudi Medical Journal
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Saudi Medical Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
Case ReportCase Report
Open Access

Post traumatic high-flow arterial priapism. The need for increased awareness among health care professionals

Riyadh F. Talic and Saleh A. Al-Damegh
Saudi Medical Journal April 2000, 21 (4) 382-385;
Riyadh F. Talic
Division of Urology/Department of Surgery, College of Medicine & King Khalid University Hospital, PO Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4671591. Fax. +966 (1) 4418130. E-mail: [email protected]
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Saleh A. Al-Damegh
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine & King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

High flow arterial priapism is a rare urological emergency. Presentation, diagnosis and institution of definitive management are often delayed. We describe our experience with this diagnostic entity and reviewed the literature to define possible reasons for the delayed diagnosis and management. We report two patients (10 years and 35 years old) that presented following blunt perineal trauma. The presentation and diagnosis of arterial priapism were delayed in both patients. Selective angiogram of the internal pudendal artery revealed arteriocavernous fistula in each patient. Embolization of the fistulae by gel foam was carried out at the same sitting. Penile detumescence was noted in both patients at the conclusion of the angiographic embolization. Both patients regained erectile function 3 and 6 weeks post treatment. Awareness of the various etiologic factors in priapism is of paramount importance to establish the correct diagnosis and institute the appropriate treatment modalities. Absence of pain and preservation of potency in patients with arterial priapism are among factors that contribute to the delayed presentation, diagnosis and treatment. We reiterate the valuable role for selective internal pudendal artery angiography as a single investigation that provides both diagnostic and therapeutic means of management.

  • Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Saudi Medical Journal: 21 (4)
Saudi Medical Journal
Vol. 21, Issue 4
1 Apr 2000
  • Table of Contents
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Saudi Medical Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Post traumatic high-flow arterial priapism. The need for increased awareness among health care professionals
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Saudi Medical Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Saudi Medical Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Post traumatic high-flow arterial priapism. The need for increased awareness among health care professionals
Riyadh F. Talic, Saleh A. Al-Damegh
Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2000, 21 (4) 382-385;

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Post traumatic high-flow arterial priapism. The need for increased awareness among health care professionals
Riyadh F. Talic, Saleh A. Al-Damegh
Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2000, 21 (4) 382-385;
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Cutaneous metastasis of signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the colon
  • Giant left gastric artery aneurysm with intrathoracic extension
  • A rare case of a horseshoe kidney with a single left-sided ureter presented with recurrent urinary tract infection
Show more Case Report

Similar Articles

CONTENT

  • home

JOURNAL

  • home

AUTHORS

  • home
Saudi Medical Journal

© 2025 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention.  Saudi Medical Journal is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3175. Print ISSN 0379-5284.

Powered by HighWire