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Magnetic resonance angiography findings of penile Mondor's disease
Author(s) -
BoscoloBerto Rafael,
Iafrate Massimo,
Casarrubea Giuseppe,
Ficarra Vincenzo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.21857
Subject(s) - medicine , priapism , pathognomonic , radiology , penis , angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , magnetic resonance imaging , vascular disease , biopsy , thrombosis , surgery , disease , pathology
A 53‐year‐old male was admitted to our Emergency Department affected by a contemporary high‐flow priapism and induration on the dorsal penile surface, in consequence of a prior transrectal prostate biopsy performed 2 weeks earlier on the basis of a suspicion of prostate cancer. We describe a penile Mondor's disease (penile superficial dorsal vein thrombosis) of uncertain pathogenesis involving the penile superficial vein, and employing a careful diagnostic pathway by using magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). In the literature many reports described pulsed‐ and color‐Doppler ultrasonography classical findings about penile Mondor's disease. For the first time we report the pathognomonic features of penile Mondor's disease on MRA, which may be considered a useful and comprehensive tool to deepen the analysis only in the case of a complex clinical picture such as the one presented. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2009;30:407–410. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.