Distal Traumatic Penile Gangrene: A Rare Entity

Sudhir Kumar Jain, Dharmender Aggarwal, Vishnuraja Rajendran and Ankit Jain

Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, India

^*Correspondance to: Dharmender Aggarwal 

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Abstract:

Penile gangrene is a rare occurrence and have been associated with priapism, end stage renal disease, urethral obstruction and circumsicion but penile gangrene caused by blunt trauma has not been reported in the literature so far. We present case of a 50 year old male who presented with penile gangrene after a road traffic accident. Patient was managed by partial penectomy. Extensive investigations were done and other possible causes of penile gangrene were ruled out.

Keywords:

Penile gangrene; Trauma; Penectomy

Cite the Article:

Jain SK, Aggarwal D, Rajendran V, Jain A. Distal Traumatic Penile Gangrene: A Rare Entity. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1192.