Traumatic trapped penis: ultrasonography and CT findings

Wang, Hsin-Kai; Chou, Yi-Hong; Chang, Yen-Hua; Chiou, Hong-Jen; Lai, Yi-Chen; Chang, Cheng-Yen

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.05.002

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Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 160-162, March 2011

Traumatic trapped penis: ultrasonography and CT findings

Hsin-Kai Wang
- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Corresponding author. Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No 201, 2nd Sec, Shih-Pai Rd., Taipei 11217, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 2 28712121x3063; fax: +886 2 28769310.
Yi-Hong Chou
- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Yen-Hua Chang
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Hong-Jen Chiou
- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Yi-Chen Lai
- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Cheng-Yen Chang
- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Received 2 March 2010; accepted 20 March 2010. published online 25 June 2010.

Abstract

We report the case of an 18-year-old man who presented with traumatic trapped penis after a motorcycle accident. Ultrasonography (US) and CT scan disclosed a trapped penis buried within the prepubic fat. Imaging findings of the traumatic trapped penis and the role of imaging study for this rare clinical condition are discussed.

Keywords: Penis, Trauma, Ultrasonography, Computed tomography