Giant Penile Lymphedema Caused by Chronic Penile Strangulation with Rubber Band: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

We treated a 65-year-old Japanese man with a giant penile lymphedema due to chronic penile strangulation with a rubber band. He was referred to our hospital with progressive penile swelling that had developed over a period of 2 years from chronic use of a rubber band placed around the penile base fo...

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Published in:Case reports in urology 2018, Vol.2018 (2018), p.1-3
Main Authors: Nagao, Koichi, Kobayashi, Hideyuki, Tai, Toshihiro, Iwai, Hidenori, Mitsui, Yozo, Hori, Shunsuke, Nakajima, Koichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Report
Case reports
Catheters
Diagnosis
Infections
Lymphedema
Plastic surgery
Rubber
Skin
Strangulation
Urinary incontinence
Urology
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Summary:We treated a 65-year-old Japanese man with a giant penile lymphedema due to chronic penile strangulation with a rubber band. He was referred to our hospital with progressive penile swelling that had developed over a period of 2 years from chronic use of a rubber band placed around the penile base for prevention of urinary incontinence. Under a diagnosis of giant penile lymphedema, we performed resection of abnormal penile skin weighing 4.8 kg, followed by a penile plasty procedure. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the seventh report of such a case worldwide, with the present giant penile lymphedema the most reported.
ISSN:2090-696X
2090-6978
DOI:10.1155/2018/8598195