Chronic myeloid leukaemia presenting as priapism: A case report from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Priapism is known as a very rare complication of leukaemia. We report a 16-years boy who presented with the persistent painful erection of the penis for eleven days. He had aspiration without achieving sustained detumescence. The patient underwent an emergency irrigation and decompression of priapis...

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Published inJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 942 - 944
Main Authors Khan, Adnan, Shafiq, Ihtesham, Shah, Mohammad Hassan, Khan, Sarbiland, Shahid, Gulrukh, Arabdin, Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pakistan Knowledge Bylanes 01.06.2018
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Diagnosis
Priapism
Priapism, Leukaemia, CML
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Summary:Priapism is known as a very rare complication of leukaemia. We report a 16-years boy who presented with the persistent painful erection of the penis for eleven days. He had aspiration without achieving sustained detumescence. The patient underwent an emergency irrigation and decompression of priapism by a consultant urologist. During the hospital stay blood morphology, bone marrow aspiration and BCR-ABL were done to confirm the diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukaemia. Our report thus explains the relevance of all physicians in the diagnosis and management of patients with priapism.
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ISSN:0030-9982