Open AccessAnimal experimental model of Peyronie’s disease: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Maria Angela Cerruto,
Carolina D’Elia,
Alberto Molinari,
Francesca Cavicchioli,
Antonio D’Amico,
Walter Artibani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2282-4197
pISSN - 1124-3562
DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2013.1.28
Subject(s) - peyronie's disease , animal model , medicine , disease , pathology
The Peyronie's disease (PD) is an idiopathic disorder of connective tissue of the penis, that involves the tunica albuginea of the corpora cavernosa and the adjacent areolar space. It is a growing clinical evidence to support the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells and histological findings has assumed a possible application of lipofilling technique in patients with PD. The objective of this experimental study is the creation of a murine experimental model of PD, evaluating with MRI the penis of the rats (feasibility study), in order to plane the application of lipofilling technique in an animal model.