aetiology
Last reviewed 07/2023
The known causes of priapism include:
- intracavernosal drug therapy for impotence:
- papaverine
- prostaglandin E1
- leukaemia
- sickle cell disease
- penile or spinal cord trauma
- pelvic tumour
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