II. Causes
- Sexual activity (intercourse) with a semi-erect penis
III. Pathophysiology
- Trauma results in rupture of tunica albuginea (membrane around the corpus cavernosum)
IV. Complications
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Urethral rupture
- Poor prognosis with secondary Urethral Stricture
V. Management
- Urgent surgical repair
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| Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
| SnomedCT | 373596001, 110016007 |
| Italian | Frattura del pene |
| Japanese | 陰茎折症, ｲﾝｹｲｾﾂｼｮｳ |
| Czech | Fraktura penisu |
| English | fracture penis, fracture of penis, penile fracture, penis fracture, fractures penile, Fracture of erect penis, Fracture of penis, Fracture of erect penis (disorder), Penile fracture, Rupture of corpus cavernosum of penis (disorder), Rupture of corpus cavernosum of penis |
| Hungarian | Penis törés |
| Spanish | fractura de pene erecto (trastorno), fractura de pene erecto, fractura del pene, fractura peniana, ruptura del cuerpo cavernoso del pene (trastorno), ruptura del cuerpo cavernoso del pene, Fractura de pene |
| Portuguese | Fractura do pénis |
| Dutch | penisbreuk |
| French | Fracture du pénis |
| German | Penisfraktur |
Ontology: fracture of corpus cavernosum of penis (C1260447)
| Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
| ICD9 | 959.13 |
| ICD10 | S39.840 |
| English | fracture of corpus cavernosum of penis (diagnosis), fracture of corpus cavernosum of penis, Fx corpus cavrnosm penis, Fracture of corpus cavernosum penis |
