Citation

Zengin K, Ozdamar MY, Albayrak S, Tanik S, Atar M, Bakirtas H, Imamoglu MA, Gurdal M. Case Rep. Urol. 2015; 2015: e642547.

Affiliation

Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Bozok Universitesi Uygulama ve Arastirma Hastanesi, Uroloji AD, 66100 Yozgat, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2015/642547

PMID

25763288

Abstract

Penile tourniquet syndrome (PTS), a rare urologic emergency, may lead to undesirable results including necrosis and amputation of penis, if not diagnosed and treated appropriately. Sometimes these injuries may be accepted as a forensic case. Miscellaneous objects used for strangulation can be metallic or nonmetallic. Of all ages, the most vulnerable period is infancy. Telogen effluvium is the most common cause of PTS in infants who are 0-6 years old. In the literature, telogen effluvium as a reason of PTS was not found except for this age group. Therefore, we aimed to present a boy who is 8 years old diagnosed as PTS because of his mother's hair coil.

Language: en