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Penile calciphylaxis is a difficult urologic condition to manage. First described by Wood et. al in 1997, penile calciphylaxis is a rare cause of penile gangrene.1 One study found the… Click to show full abstract
Penile calciphylaxis is a difficult urologic condition to manage. First described by Wood et. al in 1997, penile calciphylaxis is a rare cause of penile gangrene.1 One study found the overall mortality rate associated with peile calciphylaxis to be 64%, with a mean time to death of 2.5 months.2 Additionally, no statistically significant difference in survival has been seen between patients treated with penectomy and those treated nonoperatively.3 We report a case of penile calciphylaxis in a patient treated with partial penectomy with scrotoplasty who has survived greater than one year without any complication or progression of disease.
Journal Title: Urology
Year Published: 2020
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