Open AccessCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and priapism: An unexplored association
Author(s) -
Dominic Mpumelelo Malinga,
Abdullah E Laher,
Jared McDowall,
Ahmed Adam
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1097/cu9.0000000000000111
Subject(s) - priapism , medicine , cochrane library , pneumonia , disease , genitourinary system , intensive care medicine , surgery , meta analysis
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has an established impact on multiple organ systems, including the vascular and urogenital systems. Vascular effects may include venous thromboembolic disease, which could theoretically be a precursor to priapism-a urological emergency defined as an abnormal condition of prolonged penile erection lasting >4 hours. To better explore this association, we critically appraised all the published COVID-19 cases associated with priapism.