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Case Reports
. 1977 May;9(5):558-9.
doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(77)90253-9.

Priapism in preterm infant

R N Amlie, B Bourgeois, R F Huxtable
Case Reports

Priapism in preterm infant

R N Amlie et al. Urology. 1977 May.

Abstract

This report of transient priapism in a preterm newborn with respiratory distress syndrome discusses clinical course, therapy, possible etiologic factors, and previously reported cases in newborns. Possible causes include use of arterial catheter, red cell transfusion, hemodynamic changes from a patent ductus arteriosus, and hypoxia.

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