John F McCauley1, Robert C Dean2. 1. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA. 2. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA. robert.dean.urology@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To review the literature regarding the use of penile ultrasound in the evaluation and management of Peyronie's disease. METHODS: A literature review was performed using PubMed from 1980 to 2018 using the keywords: Peyronie's disease, ultrasound, sonography, calcification, penile fracture, and penile hematoma. Articles were reviewed for study size, image protocols, and findings. In addition, we reviewed images from 227 penile ultrasounds performed on Peyronie's disease patients at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between 2014 and 2018. RESULTS: Through extensive urological and radiographic literature review over the last four decades, common patterns and characteristic of Peyronie's plaques were identified. These characteristics are not always delineated by physical examination alone. The ultrasound images often added objective information including etiology of erectile dysfunction and location or plaques, and presence of calcifications which aid in patient counseling and treatment protocols. CONCLUSIONS: The use of B-mode ultrasound with color Doppler in the evaluation and management of Peyronie's disease is a quick, cost-effective process that provides objective information that can assist the urologist in the treatment of patients with Peyronie's disease.
PURPOSE: To review the literature regarding the use of penile ultrasound in the evaluation and management of Peyronie's disease. METHODS: A literature review was performed using PubMed from 1980 to 2018 using the keywords: Peyronie's disease, ultrasound, sonography, calcification, penile fracture, and penile hematoma. Articles were reviewed for study size, image protocols, and findings. In addition, we reviewed images from 227 penile ultrasounds performed on Peyronie's diseasepatients at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between 2014 and 2018. RESULTS: Through extensive urological and radiographic literature review over the last four decades, common patterns and characteristic of Peyronie's plaques were identified. These characteristics are not always delineated by physical examination alone. The ultrasound images often added objective information including etiology of erectile dysfunction and location or plaques, and presence of calcifications which aid in patient counseling and treatment protocols. CONCLUSIONS: The use of B-mode ultrasound with color Doppler in the evaluation and management of Peyronie's disease is a quick, cost-effective process that provides objective information that can assist the urologist in the treatment of patients with Peyronie's disease.
Authors: Narendra N Khanna; Mahesh Maindarkar; Ajit Saxena; Puneet Ahluwalia; Sudip Paul; Saurabh K Srivastava; Elisa Cuadrado-Godia; Aditya Sharma; Tomaz Omerzu; Luca Saba; Sophie Mavrogeni; Monika Turk; John R Laird; George D Kitas; Mostafa Fatemi; Al Baha Barqawi; Martin Miner; Inder M Singh; Amer Johri; Mannudeep M Kalra; Vikas Agarwal; Kosmas I Paraskevas; Jagjit S Teji; Mostafa M Fouda; Gyan Pareek; Jasjit S Suri Journal: Diagnostics (Basel) Date: 2022-05-17