A prolonged painful erection that may lasts hours and is not associated with sexual activity. It is seen in patients with SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, advanced malignancy, spinal trauma; and certain drug treatments.
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| "Priapism is the most serious potential complication of its use." | ( Jarow, JP; Lomas, GM, 1992) |
| "Priapism is a recognized side effect of antipsychotic therapy." | ( Cole, J; Goldstein, I; Saenz de Tejada, I; Seftel, AD; Szetela, B, 1992) |
| "High flow priapism is often treated effectively with intracavernous vasoconstrictive agents or surgical shunting." | ( Selby, JB; Steers, WD, 1991) |
| "Priapism is a prolonged, painful penile erection unaccompanied by sexual desire and not alleviated by ejaculation." | ( Jackson, SC; Walker, JS, 1991) |
| "Iatrogenic priapism is an important complication of therapy with vasoactive drugs." | ( Bardin, ED; Krieger, JN, 1990) |
| "Priapism is a recognized complication of intracavernous self-injection of vasoactive agents for the management of impotence." | ( Lue, TF; Vapnek, J, 1989) |
| "Priapism is an alarming complication during treatment of erectile dysfunction with vasoactive drugs, particularly papaverine alone or in combination with phentolamine mesylate." | ( Beddoe, E; Binik, YM; Elhilali, MM; Fouda, A; Hassouna, M; Kalogeropoulos, D, 1989) |
| "Prompt relief of priapism is essential to prevent importance." | ( Parsons, CL; Sayer, J, 1988) |
| "Priapism is a rare but serious adverse effect of psychotropic drugs resulting from their peripheral alpha-adrenoreceptor blocking action." | ( de Alwis, C; Kogeorgos, J, 1986) |
| "Type 1 priapism is due to blood stasis." | ( Mizutani, M; Nakano, H; Nihira, H; Sagami, K, 1986) |
| "Priapism is a rare but recognized complication of certain antihypertensive agents." | ( Crawford, ED; Lackner, LH; Robbins, DN, 1983) |
| "A case of juvenile priapism is presented following cortisone and penicillin treatment for a traumatic lesion of the oesophagus." | ( Böcker, R; Ebell, W; Stosch, M; Wahn, V, 1980) |
| "An unusual case of priapism is described." | ( Charrette, EJ; Morales, A; Salerno, TA, 1981) |
| "Priapism is a persistent erection which fails to subside after climax and is accompanied by penile pain and tenderness." | ( Broderick, GA; Harkaway, R, 1994) |
| "Priapism is a common and currently unsatisfactorily managed complication of sickle cell disease (SCD)." | ( Bachir, D; Galacteros, F; Lee, K; Virag, R, 1996) |
| "A case of painful priapism is reported in a patient who had previously suffered a radical cystectomy for bladder carcinoma pT3-GIII, followed by local recurrence in the pelvis." | ( Arteaga, PR; Galbis, F; Monllor, J; Taño, F, 1996) |
| "Priapism is a frequent and serious cause of morbidity in males with sickle cell disease." | ( Bachir, D; Belloy, M; Broyart, A; de Montalembert, M; Denis, L; Galactéros, F; Girot, R; Lee, K; Virag, R, 1997) |
| "Priapism is documented to occur in association with treatment with a variety of psychotropic agents." | ( Acton, M; Berk, M, 1997) |
| "Priapism is a well-recognized complication of a number of conditions including sickle cell disease and haematological malignancies, but to our knowledge it has not previously been reported in association with protein C deficiency." | ( Daryanani, S; Wilde, JT, 1997) |
| "Priapism is a urologic disorder and medical emergency with a variety of known etiologies including the use of psychotropic medications." | ( Henderson, S; Markowitz, JS; Myrick, H, 1998) |
| "Priapism is a pathologically prolonged and painful penile erection, usually unassociated with sexual desire or intercourse." | ( Culha, M; Gökalp, A; Mutlu, N; Ozkurkcugil, C; Turkan, S, 1999) |
| "Normally, priapism is effectively treated with intracavernous vasoconstrictive agents or surgical shunting." | ( Jünemann, KP; Martínez Portillo, FJ, 1999) |
| "Priapism is a relatively rare condition characterized by persistent painful erection of the corpora cavernosum that occurs unrelated to sexual stimulation or desire." | ( Henderson, SO; Kachhi, PN, 2000) |
| "Skin necrosis and priapism are unusual complications of warfarin therapy." | ( Hays, T; Lefkowitz, J; Manco-Johnson, M; Manhalter, C; Nuss, R; Schaeffer, C; Zimbelman, J, 2000) |
| "Priapism is a urologic emergency that can occur in any age group and every patient should receive prompt urologic consultation." | ( Jacobson, S; Jagoda, A; Mahadeo, R; Majeed, S; Schor, JA, 2000) |
| "Priapism is always a potential phenomenon where no individual, no particular drug and no specific dose are completely safe." | ( Athanasopoulos, A; Barbalias, G; Geramoutsos, I; Perimenis, P, 2001) |
| "Priapism is defined as prolonged and persistent erection of the penis without sexual stimulation." | ( Alken, P; Hoang-Boehm, J; Jünemann, K; Martínez Portillo, F; Weiss, J, 2001) |
| "Priapism is occasionally observed in scorpion envenomation, mostly in children." | ( Antunes, E; De Nucci, G; Faro, R; Fregonesi, A; Moreno, RA; Rodrigues Netto, N; Teixeira, CE, 2001) |
| "Priapism is a prolonged, usually painful, and persistent penile erection not usually associated with sexual stimuli, resulting from a disturbance in the normal regulatory mechanisms that initiate and maintain penile flaccidity." | ( Compton, MT; Miller, AH, 2001) |
| "Priapism is well documented as a potential side effect of psychotropic medications." | ( Ankem, MK; Ferlise, VJ; Gazi, MA; Han, KR; Koppisch, AR; Weiss, RE, 2002) |
| "Priapism is an uncommon but potentially serious adverse effect of zuclopenthixol that practitioners, as with many other antipsychotics, should be aware of." | ( Alamo, C; Blázquez, A; Díaz-Simón, R; López-Muñoz, F; Rubio, G; Salado, J, 2002) |
| "Priapism is defined as prolonged and persistent erection of the penis without sexual stimulation." | ( Alken, P; Bach, S; Fernández Arancibia, MI; Jünemann, KP; Martínez Portillo, FJ, 2002) |
| "Priapism is a common complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that could lead to erectile dysfunction and psychosocial problems." | ( Cheung, B; Jegede, T; Okpala, I; Westerdale, N, 2002) |
| "Priapism is an uncommon urologic emergency with a variety of known etiologies including the use of psychotropic medications." | ( Bedir, S; Dayanç, M; Kilciler, M; Peker, AF; Sümer, F, 2003) |
| "Priapism is a major side effect of ICI therapy and an uncommon, although important, side effect of other conditions." | ( Ching, HL; Earle, CM; Stuckey, BG; Wisniewski, ZS, 2003) |
| "Priapism is a fairly uncommon presentation to the Emergency Department, but when it does present, it represents a true urologic emergency." | ( Chan, TC; Harrigan, RA; Ufberg, JW; Vilke, GM, 2004) |
| "Stuttering priapism is intermittent, prolonged, painful, pathologic erections with intervening periods of detumescence." | ( Rushton, HG; Schwartz, RH, 2004) |
| "Priapism is a complication of BWSE that has only rarely been reported." | ( Fortenberry, JD; Hoover, NG, 2004) |
| "Priapism is one of the complications that could be prevented by hydroxyurea, but there are few reports demonstrating the results." | ( Arruda, VR; Costa, FF; Gilli, S; Lajolo, C; Lima, CS; Marques Júnior, JF; Saad, ST, 2004) |
| "Priapism is a urologic emergency, and a urologic consultation should be obtained as early as possible." | ( Chen, CD; Kao, WT; Lung, FW; Tung, YP; Wang, CS, 2006) |
| "Ischemic priapism is associated with cavernosal acidosis, which decreases the efficacy of adrenergic agonists." | ( Goldstein, I; Kim, N; McAuley, I; Munarriz, R; Traish, A; Wen, CC, 2006) |
| "Priapism is a "persistent erection not accompanied by sexual desire or stimulation, usually lasting more than six hours and typically involving only the corpora cavernosa." | ( Dilley, JW; Harrison, G; Loeb, L; Nelson, K, 2006) |
| "Priapism is a rare, but serious, side effect of psychotropic medications." | ( Davis, RR; Kirshner, A, 2006) |
| "Priapism is a recognized complication of sickle cell anemia (SCA)." | ( Haiman, C; Henderson, SO; Merritt, AL, 2006) |
| "Low-flow priapism is a rare condition whereby there is a persistent, painful erection." | ( Bell, S; Monkhouse, SJ, 2007) |
| "Priapism is an extremely rare side effect of alpha-blocker therapy and has previously been described in association with other alpha-blockers, as well as with terazosin, in a spinal cord-injured patient." | ( Jackson, I; Sadeghi-Nejad, H, 2007) |
| "Priapism is a well described complication of sickle cell anemia that is painful and difficult to manage." | ( Campbell, FA; Lorenzo, AJ; McDonnell, C; McHardy, P; Salle, JL, 2007) |
| "Priapism is associated with sickle cell disease (SSD); however, few men receive education about this condition, which contributes to attenuated return of functional erections." | ( Bennett, N; Mulhall, J, 2008) |
| "Priapism is a urological emergency which is commonly classified into low-flow and high-flow priapism." | ( Arya, M; Minhas, S; Muneer, A; Ralph, DJ, 2008) |
| "Stuttering priapism is a condition which is still not well understood and there is no standardised algorithm for the management of this condition." | ( Arya, M; Minhas, S; Muneer, A; Ralph, DJ, 2008) |
| "Priapism is a rare disorder defined as a persistent penile erection that continues hours beyond, or is unrelated to, sexual stimulation." | ( Abu Sham'a, RA; Kufri, FH; Yassin, IH, 2008) |
| "Priapism is a sustained erection that is maintained for over 4 hours in the absence of sexual stimulation [Postgrad Med J." | ( Cass, D; Sandler, G; Soundappan, SS, 2008) |
| "Priapism is a medical emergency." | ( Frimberger, D; Palmer, B, 2009) |
| "Priapism is the prolonged erection of the penis in the absence of sexual arousal." | ( Mazzeo, T; Price, C; Roberts, JR, 2009) |
| "Priapism is defined as abnormal prolonged penile erection lasting at least for 4 hours occurring without sexual interest." | ( Blackburn, MR; Dai, Y; Mi, T; Phatarpekar, P; Xia, Y; Zhang, H; Zhang, Y, 2009) |
| "Partial priapism is also called partial segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum." | ( Gurbuz, R; Guven, S; Kaynar, M; Kilinc, M; Odev, K; Piskin, M, 2009) |
| "Priapism is defined as prolonged and persistent penile erection, unassociated with sexual interest or stimulation, and is one of the many serious complications associated with sickle cell disease (SCD)." | ( Antunes, E; Claudino, MA; Corat, MA; Costa, FF; Franco-Penteado, CF; Gimenes, AP; Passos, LA, 2009) |
| "Priapism is a poorly understood disease process with little information on the etiology and pathophysiology of this erectile disorder." | ( Bivalacqua, TJ; Burnett, AL; Champion, HC; Gladwin, MT; Hsu, LL; Musicki, B, 2009) |
| "Priapism is a rare but serious adverse effect of psychotropic drugs where antipsychotic agents were implicated in 15 to 26% of priapism associated with medications." | ( Hosseini, SH; Polonowita, AK, 2009) |
| "Priapism is a condition of persistent penile erection in the absence of sexual excitation." | ( Blackburn, MR; Dai, Y; Jiang, X; Kellems, RE; Mi, T; Phatarpekar, PV; Sun, H; Tang, Y; Wen, J; Xia, Y; Zhang, Y, 2010) |
| "Priapism is a pathological condition of a penile erection that persists beyond or is unrelated to sexual stimulation." | ( Aktoz, T; Gündoğdu, EO; Müslümanoğlu, AY; Ozkuvanci, U; Tepeler, A, 2011) |
| "Priapism is a prolonged penile erection that is not associated with sexual stimulation." | ( Fang, X; Huang, T; Tu, W; Wu, X; Xu, C; Xu, G, 2011) |
| "Priapism is a familiar problem to hematologists, well known for its association with sickle-cell disease (SCD)." | ( Kato, GJ, 2012) |
| "Priapism is defined as an erectile disorder, in which erection persists uncontrollably without sexual purpose." | ( Bivalacqua, TJ; Burnett, AL; Kutlu, O; Musicki, B, 2012) |
| "Priapism is characterized by a prolonged and painful erection in the absence of sexual desire and arousal." | ( Gümüş, E; Torun, F; Yılmaz, E, 2011) |
| "Priapism is a common concern in sickle cell disease." | ( Deveras, R; Lane, A, 2011) |
| "Priapism is a rare and serious side-effect of antipsychotic drugs and is probably caused by their alpha 1-adrenergic receptor blocking activity." | ( Dik, VK; Dousma, M; Kisman, OK, 2011) |
| "Priapism is defined as an erection lasting greater than 4 hours." | ( Hellstrom, W; Lacour, S; Lutz, A, 2012) |
| "Ischemic priapism is a rare occurrence which can cause severe erectile dysfunction (ED) without timely treatment." | ( Cai, ZK; Chen, Q; Chen, YB; Lu, MJ; Wang, Z; Xu, MX; Yao, HJ; Zhang, K; Zheng, DC, 2013) |
| "Priapism is rare in children and may result in erectile dysfunction and sexual aversion behaviours." | ( Davies, JH; Davis, N; Donaldson, JF; Rees, RW; Steinbrecher, HA, 2012) |
| "Female priapism is a rare condition that is not commonly described in the literature." | ( Unger, CA; Walters, MD, 2014) |
| "Priapism is rarely related to use of non-erectile related medications." | ( Druck, J; Kao, A; Saghafi, O, 2014) |
| "Priapism is a rare complication of epidural anaesthesia, and the pathophysiology is poorly understood." | ( Ananias, HJ; de Boer, HD; Fransen van de Putte, EE; Gi, NP, 2014) |
| "Priapism is a persistent, and often painful, penile erection, lasting more than 3 hours, not usually associated with sexual stimuli." | ( Doufik, J; Ghanmi, J; Khalili, L; Otheman, Y; Ouanass, A, 2014) |
| "Priapism is a rare but serious adverse event of AP medication." | ( Doufik, J; Ghanmi, J; Khalili, L; Otheman, Y; Ouanass, A, 2014) |
| "Priapism is defined as persisting (>4 h), painful and abnormal tumescence that can occur without sexual stimulation." | ( Atilgan, D; Erdemir, F; Firat, F; Gencten, Y; Kuyucu, YE; Markoc, F; Parlaktas, BS, 2014) |
| "Priapism is an erectile disorder involving uncontrolled, prolonged penile erection without sexual purpose, which can lead to erectile dysfunction." | ( Anele, UA; Burnett, AL; Morrison, BF, 2015) |
| "Priapism is a persistent and often painful penile erection in the absence of sexual stimulation." | ( Altıntas, R; Beytur, A; Ciftci, O; Oguz, F; Oguzturk, H; Polat, F, 2014) |
| "Ischemic priapism is currently unrecognized as an adverse reaction associated with TNFa-i use and there have been no reported cases with adalimumab." | ( Arkfeld, DG; Kreitenberg, AJ; Ortiz, EC, 2015) |
| "Priapism is rare-presenting feature in male patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)." | ( AbdelRahman, IF; El-Haddad, MS; Selim, OM; Shaeer, KZ; Shaeer, OK, 2015) |
| "Priapism is unwanted painful penile erection that affects about 36% of boys and men with sickle cell disease (SCD) most of whom have sickle cell anemia." | ( Ballas, SK; Lyon, D, 2016) |
| "Priapism is an adverse effect of medications used to treat psychiatric disorders." | ( Hayden, GE; Park, DB, 2015) |
| "Ischaemic priapism is characterised by hypoxia, hypercapnia and acidosis with resultant corporal fibrosis." | ( Akman, T; Armagan, A; Kadıoglu, A; Kucukdurmaz, F; Kucukgergin, C; Salabas, E; Seckin, S, 2016) |
| "Priapism is a rare but severe medical condition of sustained and painful erection of penis in the absence of any sexual stimulation, in which the penis does not return to a flaccid state." | ( Ara, A; Bhat, IA; Coe, I; Shannon, KD, 2015) |
| "Priapism is the prolonged, painful erection of penile tissue not accompanied by sexual arousal." | ( Baytunca, MB; Erermis, S; Kose, S; Ozbaran, B, 2016) |
| "Ischemic priapism is the most common cause of priapism due to low blood flow." | ( Cocchio, C; Martin, C, 2016) |
| "Priapism is a prolonged stimulation with painful, persistent penile erection unaccompanied by sexual desire." | ( Aabbassi, B; Asri, F; Benali, A, 2016) |
| "Ischemic priapism is an uncommon urologic emergency characterized by a compartment syndrome-like ischemic insult to the corpora cavernosa of the penis." | ( Munarriz, R; Phillips, EA; Ridyard, DG; Vincent, W, 2016) |
| "Priapism is a rare but severe urological emergency of erection of penis in the absence of physical and psychological sexual stimulation." | ( Atahan, O; Kadihasanoglu, M; Kilciler, G; Kilciler, M, 2017) |
| "Priapism is a potentially painful and prolonged erection that occurs in the absence of any stimulation." | ( Bozkurt, H; Şahin, S, 2017) |
| "Priapism is defined as a prolonged pathologic penile erection without sexual stimulation." | ( Bayram, İ; Küpeli, S; Öz, S; Sezgin, G, 2017) |
| "Priapism is rarely caused by essential thrombocytosis, a disorder characterised by increased number of megakaryocytes." | ( Aggarwal, A; Goel, S; Singh, BP; Sokhal, AK, 2017) |
| "Priapism is a rare yet time sensitive emergency with potentially significant morbidity." | ( Cherico, A; Fredette, JM; Getto, LP; Nomura, JT; Papas, MA; Ruest, AS, 2017) |
| "Priapism is also associated with testosterone deficiency, but molecular mechanisms underlying testosterone effects in the penis in SCD are not known." | ( Akakpo, W; Burnett, AL; Chen, H; Karakus, S; Liu, J; Musicki, B; Silva, FH; Zirkin, BR, 2018) |
| "Priapism is a serious urological and a medical emergency which has often been associated with psychotropic medications (including the antidepressant trazodone), use of marijuana and alcohol, and other factors." | ( Khan, QS; Lokhande, A; Tucker, P, 2016) |
| "Stuttering Priapism is a recurrent, persistent penile erection in the absence of sexual desire due to altered genital hemodynamics, affecting the arterial component (high flow, non-ischemic) or the veno-occlusive mechanism (low flow, ischemic)." | ( Birur, B; Nagaraja, S; Pandurangi, A; Thippaiah, SM, 2018) |
| "Acute priapism is an unreported side effect of melanocortin analogue use and this case report presents a patient managed without surgical intervention." | ( Amer, T; Dreyer, BA; Fraser, M, 2019) |
| "Priapism is defined as a prolonged erection of the penis for at least 4 h without sexual stimulation." | ( Karancı, Y, 2020) |
| "BACKGROUND Priapism is rarely reported as a potential complication after the cardiac ablation procedure." | ( Lam, S; Young, ML, 2020) |
| "Ischemic priapism is a urological emergency that requires prompt intervention to preserve erectile function." | ( Blachman-Braun, R; Greer, A; Hauser, N; Heller, N; Kava, BR; Masterson, TA; Nackeeran, S; Parmar, M; Rainer, Q; Ramasamy, R; Tradewell, MB, 2020) |
| "Priapism is an adverse drug reaction (ADR) associated with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5is) in the treatment of erectile dysfunction." | ( Gross, MS; Rezaee, ME, 2020) |
| "PDE5i-induced priapism is a rare event." | ( Gross, MS; Rezaee, ME, 2020) |
| "BACKGROUND Priapism is rarely reported as a complication in patients with essential thrombocythemia at presentation." | ( Jain, M; Kumar, N; Tripathi, AK; Verma, SP, 2020) |
| "Priapism is a urologic emergency characterized by an uncontrolled, persistent and painful erection in the absence of sexual stimulation, which can lead to penile fibrosis and impotence." | ( Aleluia, MM; Carvalho, SP; da Guarda, CC; Figueiredo, CVB; Fiuza, LM; Fonseca, CA; Goncalves, MS; Lyra, IM; Nascimento, VML; Neres, JSDS; Oliveira, AMJ; Oliveira, RM; Santiago, RP; Yahouédéhou, SCMA, 2021) |
| "Priapism is described as a persistent and non-sexual erection." | ( Liu, G; Patel, M, 2021) |
| "Priapism is a severe urologic condition requiring emergency management." | ( Doyle, R; Elfessi, Z; Jhawar, A; Olson, C, 2021) |
| "Priapism is a persistent penile erection that continues hours beyond, or is unrelated to, sexual stimulation and results in a prolonged and uncontrolled erection." | ( Allen, BK; Bennett, NE; Bivalacqua, TJ; Brock, G; Broderick, GA; Kohler, TS; Mulhall, JP; Oristaglio, J; Rahimi, LL; Rogers, ZR; Terlecki, RP; Trost, L; Yafi, FA, 2021) |
| "Priapism is a medically serious condition that, if not intervened, can cause permanent erectile dysfunction." | ( Bahta, M; Debesai, M; Fitsum, Y; Russom, M; Russom, N, 2022) |
| "Priapism is one of only a few complications of SCD that has been studied in the context of hypogonadism." | ( Burnett, AL; Musicki, B, 2022) |
| "Priapism is a compartment syndrome, defined as an unwanted penile erection lasting longer than 4 h, unrelated to sexual stimulation, and persistent even after ejaculation/orgasm." | ( Graham, BA; Jack, C; Rohan, MA; Wael, A; Wayne, HJG, 2022) |
| "Acute priapism is usually considered a medical emergency that warrants prompt urologic evaluation and treatment." | ( Dai, M; Khera, M; Koh, CJ; Passoni, N; Patel, SR; Reddy, A, 2022) |
| "Ischemic priapism is a common but underrecognized morbidity affecting about 33% of adult men with sickle cell disease (SCD)." | ( Burnett, AL; DeBaun, MR; Idris, IM, 2022) |
| "Ischemic priapism is a common but underrecognized morbidity affecting about 33% of adult men with sickle cell disease (SCD)." | ( Burnett, AL; DeBaun, MR; Idris, IM, 2022) |
| "Priapism is a prolonged erection lasting more than four hours." | ( Sempels, M; Vaesen, F, 2023) |