Multiple Urethral Stones Causing Penile Gangrene
Author(s) -
Michael J. Ramdass,
Vijay Naraynsingh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
case reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-696X
pISSN - 2090-6978
DOI - 10.1155/2014/182094
Subject(s) - medicine , meatal stenosis , urethral diverticulum , urethral stricture , urethra , surgery , diverticulum (mollusc) , gangrene , impaction , urethral diseases , urethroplasty
Penile urethral stones are a rare occurrence resulting from a number of causes including migration of stones within the urinary tract, urethral strictures, meatal stenosis, and obstructing tumours such as adenomatous metaplasia of the uroepithelium, hypospadias, urethral diverticulum, and very rarely primary fossa navicularis calculi. We report the case of a 54-year-old male presenting with penile gangrene and sepsis resulting from impaction of multiple stones within the penile urethra. This paper summarises the topic and discusses the pathophysiology of this unusual condition.
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