Acute penile trauma: imaging features in the emergency setting.
Diletta CozziGiovanni Battista VerroneSimone AgostiniMarco BartoliniGiuseppe D'AmicoSilvia PradellaVittorio MielePublished in: La Radiologia medica (2019)
In an emergency department, penile traumas are uncommon and a prompt diagnosis is necessary. Penile injury may result from penetrating and non-penetrating trauma. Non-penetrating injuries can produce cavernosal hematomas or fractures: if not treated promptly, these lesions can result in fibrosis or erectile dysfunction. Penile traumatic lesions need a clinical approach first, but a radiological study is often required: ultrasonography with color and spectral Doppler study is usually the first approach. In some cases, magnetic resonance imaging may be performed to better recognize even small discontinuity of the tunica albuginea. Radiologists have to be aware of the various radiological patterns of penile traumatic lesions, in order to establish a prompt and correct diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord injury
- radical prostatectomy
- public health
- healthcare
- liver failure
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- optical coherence tomography
- magnetic resonance
- trauma patients
- drug induced
- blood flow
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- electronic health record
- liver fibrosis
- fluorescence imaging