Ischemic priapism as the first manifestation of chronic myeloid leukemia

Abstract

Priapism may occur in patients with hematological disorders with excessive white blood cell counts, such as chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Priapism may be the first clinical manifestation of CML. At this work we report a case of a young adult who presented with ischemic (low-flow or veno-occlusive) priapism which had persisted for the last 18 hours as the first manifestation of CML. CML was diagnosed on the basis of peripheral blood and bone marrow examination . Treatment of the priapism was initiated by corporal aspiration and intracavernous phenylephrine irrigation. Furthermore, along with management of priapism, appropriate treatment of CML allows to reduce risk of recurrence of priapism in this patient.

Keywords

• priapism
• chronic myeloid leukemia
• case report