%0 Journal Article
%T Isolated corpus spongiosum injury after sexual intercourse
							| Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
%A Aikaterini Anastasiou
%A Constantinos Constantinides
%A Dimitrios Tsavdaris
%A Ioannis Anastasiou
%A Ioannis Katafigiotis
%J Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2018.4.295
%X Penile fractures are generally rare and underreported. The mechanism of injury is due to a rupture of the corpora cavernosa following blunt or sexual trauma to the penis when fully erect. Penile fractures usually present with a ¡®popping¡¯ sound with concomitant sudden swelling and ecchymosis of the penis followed by rapid detumescence. Urethral involvement occurs only in a small part of the cases. Isolated spongiosal injury after sexual intercourse is also extremely rare. The cardinal sign of urethral injury is blood at the meatus. A small laceration can be repaired by simple closure with absorbable sutures, while a complete rupture requires a more complex anastomotic repair. We report a case of a typically presenting penile fracture that was eventually proven to be an isolated corpus spongiosum injury, with no corpora cavernosa involvement
%K Penile fracture
%K Urethral injury
%K Urological trauma
%K Urethroplasty
%U https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/aiua.2018.4.295