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A rare cause of recurrent priapism: hereditary angioedema
Author(s) -
Akyuz M.,
Kaya C.,
Akdogan M. F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.12297
Subject(s) - hereditary angioedema , priapism , medicine , penis , angioedema , dermatology , rare disease , penile diseases , disease , surgery , pathology
Summary Hereditary angioedema is a rare disease, which is caused by deficiency of compleman c1 esterase inhibitor regulatory protein in the compleman system. Priapism is involuntary, painful and prolonged erection of penis more than 4 h without sexual desire. In this case report, we elucidated a patient diagnosed with hereditary angioedema while he had recurrent priapism.