Priapism in the oncology setting

Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2007 Feb;11(1):23-5. doi: 10.1188/07.CJON.23-25.

Abstract

N.L. is a 20-year-old Caucasian man with no significant medical history. He presented to the hospital with a two-day history of feeling ill with intermittent nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, and headache. He also noted slurred speech and left-upper-quadrant fullness for almost a month.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bone Marrow Examination
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / diagnosis
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / therapy
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Nausea / etiology
  • Nurse's Role
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Oncology Nursing / methods*
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Priapism / diagnosis
  • Priapism / etiology*
  • Priapism / therapy*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Vomiting / etiology