Penile Mondor's disease: a case report
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Panagiotis Kartsaklis1, Charalampos Konstantinidis, Charalampos Thomas
1General Hospital of Patras "O Aghios Andreas", Tsertidou 1, 263 35, Patras, Greece. kartsaklis_p@yahoo.gr.
Introduction:
Thrombosis or thromboflebitis of the superficial dorsal vein of the penis, known as penile Mondor's disease was first described by Braun-Falco in 1955.
Case Presentation:
A physically healthy 32-year-old man proceed in our unit suffered from a painful swelling, on the dorsal aspect of his penis, being more painful during erections. Ultrasonography examination revealed a non-compressible portion of superficial dorsal vein as well as the lack of venous flow signals in Doppler ultrasonography and the patient was treated conservatively.
Conclusion:
Penile Mondor's disease is a rare clinical entity that every urologist should be able to recognize. Although it is a benign condition and usually self-limited, patients proceed to specialist with considerable psychological stress.
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