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Erythropoietin-induced recurrent veno-occlusive priapism associated with end-stage renal disease
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Erythropoietin-induced recurrent veno-occlusive priapism associated with end-stage renal disease

James A Brown and Ajay Nehra
Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.), Vol.52(2), pp.328-330
1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00191-5
PMID: 9697807

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Abstract

This is the first report of a male hemodialysis patient experiencing recurrent dialysis-associated priapism that resolved when his concurrent erythropoietin dose was reduced from 2000 to 1500 U one time per week and held if his hemoglobin was greater than 10 g/dL. We discuss dialysis-associated priapism and the effects of erythropoietin on the coagulation cascade and male hormone levels in an effort to elucidate the etiology of priapism in this patient.

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