What is Peyronie’s Disease | Causes, Treatments for Peyronie Disease
Peyronie’s Disease:
This condition is fibrosis in one corpus cavernosum (columns of erectile tissue forming the body of the penis) leading to formation of an indurated plaque. Rarely there may be calcification or ossification.
Causes of Peyronie’s Disease:
- Etiology or cause is unknown.
- Trauma has been incriminated as initiating this condition.
- It is sometimes associated with Dupuytren’s contracture.
Clinical features:
- The individual is usually over 40yrs of age.
- Their main compliant is pain and curving of the penis on erection.
- After a few weeks the pain disappears.
- Examination reveals an indurated or hard mass felt on the dorsal surface of one corpus cavernosum.
Treatment for Peyronie’s Disease:
- There is hardly any treatment of this condition.
- Some cases show spontaneous disappearance of the indurated plaque in over 5yrs.
- Injection hydrocortisone into the indurated plaque may be tried with some success.
- Total result is unsatisfactory.
October 13, 2009 | Filed Under
Mens Health
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