Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report

James L Liu; Dorota J Hawksworth; Arthur L Burnett

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101011

Penile fracture in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A case report

Urol Case Rep. 2019 Sep 4:27:101011. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101011. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

James L Liu¹, Dorota J Hawksworth¹, Arthur L Burnett¹

Affiliation

¹ The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

The association of penile fracture with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) has never been described. Our patient is a 41-year-old male with EDS who presented with a traumatic penile fracture, ten days following sexual intercourse. This report recognizes the possible heightened risk of structural penile injury in patients with connective tissue disorders such as EDS and emphasizes a need for a high index of suspicion of occult urethral injury and special considerations in surgical management of these complex cases.

Publication types

Case Reports