Deep dorsal penile vein thrombosis in a patient with COVID‐19 infection: A rare complication and the first reported case

Abstract

Abstract COVID‐19 infection may have extrapulmunary manifestations such as blood hypercoagulability that may cause thrombosis in both arterial and venous system. Deep dorsal penile vein thrombosis is very rare, and the most common reason is coagulation disorders. The common observed symptom is penile pain especially during erection and it is diagnosed by ultrasound evaluation of the vein. It is necessary to distinguish deep dorsal penile vein thrombosis from superficial dorsal penile vein thrombosis as it needs anti‐coagulant treatment. In present study, we describe a unique case of the deep dorsal penile vein thrombosis following COVID‐19 infection.

Keywords

• COVID‐19
• deep dorsal penile vein thrombosis
• deep vein thrombosis
• hypercoagulopathy
• ultrasound