[Nonischemic Priapism Following Brachytherapy : A Case Report and a Review]

We report a case of nonischemic priapism following brachytherapy. A 63-year-old man presented 22 days after brachytherapy for prostate cancer. He suffered painless sustained incomplete erection for a few days. The patient was diagnosed with nonischemic priapism by cavernosal blood gas analysis. Right internal pudendal arteriography showed blood pooling in the cavernosum caused by arteriovenous fistula. Selective arterial embolization with gelatin sponge particles was performed and detumescence achieved. To our knowledge,this is the first case of high flow priapism caused by brachytherapy for prostate cancer. In addition,we reviewed the mechanism of high flow priapism.