TY - JOUR

T1 - Penis arcuatus

AU - Chakari, Wahida

AU - Hesselfeldt, Jørgen

AU - Caspara, Charlotte Uth

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Deviation of the penis may be congenital or acquired. The latter, also known as Peyronie's disease, is seen in 0.4-9% of patients. The aetiology is not fully understood, but the hypothesis is that microtrauma leads to scar tissue formation, plaques, which deform the penis. The disease is divided into a first, painful, progressive, inflammatory phase and a latter, steady, chronic phase. The symptoms are mainly sexual dysfunction and psychological problems. Surgery is recommended in congenital cases and in the chronic phase of Peyronie's disease, where the medical treatment has not been convincing.

AB - Deviation of the penis may be congenital or acquired. The latter, also known as Peyronie's disease, is seen in 0.4-9% of patients. The aetiology is not fully understood, but the hypothesis is that microtrauma leads to scar tissue formation, plaques, which deform the penis. The disease is divided into a first, painful, progressive, inflammatory phase and a latter, steady, chronic phase. The symptoms are mainly sexual dysfunction and psychological problems. Surgery is recommended in congenital cases and in the chronic phase of Peyronie's disease, where the medical treatment has not been convincing.

KW - Algorithms

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Penile Induration/diagnosis

KW - Penis/abnormalities

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 29493499

VL - 180

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

SN - 0041-5782

IS - 8

M1 - V04170325

ER -