Medical Science
Volume 25, Issue 110, April, 2021
Stuttering priapism in a case of Sickle Cell Disease – A case report
Amol Andhale1, Abhijit Dhale2, Sourya Acharya3♦, Anuj Varma4, Nakul Kadam5
1Resident, Dept of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha-442001
Maharashtra, India
2Professor, Dept of Urosurgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha-442001
Maharashtra, India
3Professor and HOD, Dept of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru
Medical College and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha-442001
Maharashtra, India
4Asso. Prof, dept of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha-442001
Maharashtra, India
5Asst. Prof, dept of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha-442001
Maharashtra, India
♦Corresponding author
Professor and HOD, Dept of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru
Medical College and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha-442001
Maharashtra, India;
Email: souryaacharya74@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Priapism is a painful penile erection unrelated to sexual desire. It can be graded as low flow (ischemic) or high flow (non-ischemic). Low-flow priapism accounts for most cases of priapism in SCD individuals. Stuttering priapism is an ischemic variant characterized by short repeated episodes of intermittent, self-restricted priapism, which are also known as chronic ischemic priapism. Each episode usually lasts for two to three hours. The common hematologic conditions associated with priapism are sickle cell disease, leukemia, thalassemia, multiple myeloma, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. We report a case of a 17 year old male, who had recurrent episode of stuttering priapism over 3 to 4 years and finally presented to us with an episode of ischemic priapism lasting for more than 36 hours.
Keywords: priapism, penile erection, ischemic, sickle cell
Medical Science, 2021, 25(110), 806-811
