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Severe ischemia of the glans penis following circumcision: A successful treatment via pentoxifylline
Author(s) -
ASLAN ADNAN,
KARAGÜZEL GÜNGÖR,
MELIKOǦLU MUSTAFA
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01129.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pentoxifylline , glans penis , penis , glans , ischemia , surgery , necrosis
Severe ischemia or necrosis of glans penis is rare. We report the case of an 11‐year‐old boy with severe glanular ischemia occurring 24 h after circumcision. This was successfully treated with pentoxifylline injection for 5 days, and while the black color of the glans penis changed to brownish at 48 h, appearances were close to normal at 5 days. The patient did not require any surgical intervention, and was discharged without sequelae. We suggest that pentoxifylline might be considered as a treatment of choice for severe ischemia of glans penis.