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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug 20:2019:1297048.
doi: 10.1155/2019/1297048. eCollection 2019.

Subcutaneous Dorsal Penile Vein Thrombosis or Penile Mondor's Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

Adama Ouattara  1 , Abdoul Karim Paré  1 , Aristide F Kaboré  2 , Clotaire Yaméogo  2 , Gnimdou Botcho  1 , Désiré Ky  2 , Abdoul Aziz Ouédraogo  1 , Amidou Bako  1 , Rigobert Kiba  1 , Zakari Nikiéma  3 , Timothée Kambou  1
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Subcutaneous Dorsal Penile Vein Thrombosis or Penile Mondor's Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

Adama Ouattara et al. Case Rep Urol. .

Abstract

A 34-year-old man, trader, and married with four wives, otherwise healthy, without any remarkable medical history, was admitted in urology ward in emergency with superficial venous thrombosis of the penis known also as Penile Mondor's Disease (PMD), a rare nosologic entity of the penis associated with pain and an indurated dorsal cord of the root of the penis. The patient receives nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and coagulation and platelet aggregation inhibitors drugs. Healing and total recovery occur after eight weeks without any complications.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Generalized swelling of the penis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Doppler coupled with USS showing an intraluminal thrombosis (weight arrow) of the dorsal vein of the penis.
Figure 3
Figure 3
MRI of the penis showing the integrity of the cavernous bodies.
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