Subramaniyan Ramanathan1,2, Michele Bertolotto3, Ahmad Shamsodini4,5, Mahmoud Heidous1, Vikram Dogra6, Parvati Ramchandani7,8. 1. 1 Department of Radiology, Al-Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 82228, Doha, Qatar. 2. 2 Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar. 3. 3 Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. 4. 4 Department of Urology, Al-Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. 5. 5 Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar. 6. 6 Department of Imaging Science, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. 7. 7 Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 8. 8 Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our article is to review the role of imaging in the diagnosis of various complications of a penile prosthesis (PP). CONCLUSION: Complications of a PP can be categorized into three groups: first, malpositioning, which includes buckling, floppy glans, erosion, migration, and crossover; second, mechanical failure, which includes fracture, aneurysm, and leakage; and, third, infection. Radiography, sonography, CT, and MRI are useful in the detection of these complications and complement each other, with MRI being the most useful imaging modality among them.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our article is to review the role of imaging in the diagnosis of various complications of a penile prosthesis (PP). CONCLUSION: Complications of a PP can be categorized into three groups: first, malpositioning, which includes buckling, floppy glans, erosion, migration, and crossover; second, mechanical failure, which includes fracture, aneurysm, and leakage; and, third, infection. Radiography, sonography, CT, and MRI are useful in the detection of these complications and complement each other, with MRI being the most useful imaging modality among them.