Comprehensive Multimodality Imaging Review of Complications of Penile Prostheses.

Ramanathan, Subramaniyan; Bertolotto, Michele; Shamsodini, Ahmad; Heidous, Mahmoud; Dogra, Vikram; Ramchandani, Parvati; Scrotal and Penile Imaging Working Group of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2018

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Abstract

The objective of our article is to review the role of imaging in the diagnosis of various complications of a penile prosthesis (PP). Complications of a PP can be categorized into three groups: first, malpositioning, which includes buckling, floppy glans, erosion, migration, and crossover; second, mechanical failure, which includes fracture, aneurysm, and leakage; and, third, infection. Radiography, sonography, CT, and MRI are useful in the detection of these complications and complement each other, with MRI being the most useful imaging modality among them.

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