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Peyronie's disease: epidemiology and clinical presentation of 134 cases
P Perimenis1, A Athanasopoulos, K Gyftopoulos
1Department of Urology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece. perimenis@internet.gr
Objective:
To investigate epidemiological and clinical features of Peyronie's disease in an unselected group of patients not seen by a urologist before.
Patients And Methods:
A series of 134 consecutive cases with Peyronie's disease was evaluated regarding to the age at diagnosis, the symptoms and signs of the disease, and the site and formation of the scar. The medical history which could be possibly related with the onset of the disease was investigated as well.
Results:
The disease mainly affected middle-aged men. While all men had a palpable scar, only 51 (38%) had noticed the induration. Curvature (mean: 35 degrees) appeared in 87 men (65%) and caused sexual dysfunction due to severe penile deformity in 16 men (11.9%). 53 patients (39.5%) referred painful erections. In 11 men (8.2%) the onset of the disease was noticed after auto-injections of vaso-active drugs for the treatment of previous erectile dysfunction, while 18 (13.4%) had a history of penile trauma during sexual intercourse or manipulation. No specific relation with diabetes mellitus and Duputren's contracture was identified. Scars, like elongated indurations with vague bounds, were mainly formed (77.6%) in the dorsal midline.
Conclusions:
The mean age of patients at diagnosis, the site of penile scars, and the activities of the affected men could advocate the hypothesis that trauma is the main causal factor for Peyronie's disease. In 21.6% of the patients, the lesion occurred after a traumatic activity. Sexual dysfunction due to severe penile curvature affected a small proportion of the patients. Thus, due to the diminution of pain spontaneously or after treatment, the patients with Peyronie's disease may have a normal life with satisfactory sexual function. In some selected cases surgery offers an effective result.
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