Chronic myeloid leukemia with sleep-related painful erections as a first symptom: a case report

BackgroundSleep-related painful erections are characterized by deep penile pain that occurs during erections in the rapid eye movement stage of sleep.Case presentationThis case presents a 43-year-old Chinese Han patient with sleep-related painful erections. Turgid painful erections (4–5 episodes of...

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Published in:Journal of medical case reports 2023-11, Vol.17 (1), p.1-511, Article 511
Main Authors: Han, Yao-dong, Chen, Hong-jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood
Bone marrow
Case Report
Chromosomes
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Disease
Eye movements
Granulocytes
Leukemia
Pain
Pathogenesis
Patients
Penis
Sexual intercourse
Sleep apnea
Sleep disorders
Sleep-related painful erections
Ultrasonic imaging
Veins & arteries
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Summary:BackgroundSleep-related painful erections are characterized by deep penile pain that occurs during erections in the rapid eye movement stage of sleep.Case presentationThis case presents a 43-year-old Chinese Han patient with sleep-related painful erections. Turgid painful erections (4–5 episodes of tumescence) during the sleep hours caused pain. Further, blood testing revealed an abnormal increase in white blood cells (123 × 109/L). The patient was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia by bone marrow biopsy, BCR::ABL1 fusion gene testing, and Philadelphia chromosome. However, the sleep-related painful erections have dramatically decreased in frequency of erectile pain after chemotherapy for Chronic myeloid leukemia in our case.ConclusionWe considered that the occurrence of sleep-related painful erections was related to chronic myeloid leukemia and the case might be secondary sleep-related painful erections.
ISSN:1752-1947
1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/s13256-023-04222-3