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Review
. 2016 Sep;33(3):177-81.
doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1586152.

Embolization Treatment of High-Flow Priapism

Kyung Rae Kim  1
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Review

Embolization Treatment of High-Flow Priapism

Kyung Rae Kim. Semin Intervent Radiol. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Priapism is prolonged erection that persists beyond or is unrelated to sexual stimulation. There are two main types of priapism: high flow and low flow. The treatment of priapism will differ depending on the diagnosis of these two different types. In particular, interventional radiology plays a key role in treating patients with high-flow priapism. This article will review the diagnosis and treatment of the high-flow priapism.

Keywords: embolization; erectile dysfunction; interventional radiology; ischemic; nonischemic; priapism.

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Disclosure The author has no financial or nonfinancial conflicts relevant to this article.

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A 21-year-old male with high-flow priapism after blunt perineal trauma. (a) Selective left internal pudendal arteriogram demonstrates arteriocavernosal fistula in the cavernosal artery (arrow). (b) Arteriogram after embolization with gelatin sponge demonstrates no further evidence of arteriocavernosal fistula.
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