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ArticleUrology case reports2025

Equivocal penile fracture clarified by MRI.

Elizabeth M Welsh, Joseph Park, Joseph Y Clark

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Article in Urology case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elizabeth M WelshWest Virginia University Department of Urology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
Joseph ParkRadiology, Penn State Health Community Group, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
Joseph Y ClarkPenn State Health Hershey Medical Center, Department of Urology - MCH055, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blunt penile trauma is a common occurrence that infrequently results in penile fracture, a surgical emergency. Ultrasound has historically been used as a modality to rule out fracture in cases whose histories are equivocal. However, in recent years, MRI has shown to be superior to ultrasound in ruling out penile fractures. We present a patient who had blunt penile trauma and the diagnosis of penile fracture was equivocal based on history and physical exam, who underwent an MRI to rule out fracture, revealing a hematoma under the bulbospongiosus muscle.

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MRIPenile fracturePenile hematomaPenile traumaUrology

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