Abstract
Twenty-one patients with Peyronie’s disease were examined by computed tomography (CT) of the penis.
Twenty nodules or plaques already diagnosed by clinical examination were identified. In 2 patients with a clinically palpable large plaque, all the albuginea could not be identified by CT, either in the fixed or mobile portion of the penis. Multiple lesions were palpable in 1 patient and could be seen by CT in 5 patients. Seven nonpalpable lesions were identified by CT.
Lesions resembled calcified plaques in 10 instances and focal areas of diminished thickness and density of the tunica albuginea in 17 others.
Computed tomography seems to be a very useful method in the study of Peyronie’s disease. It allows precise evaluation of nodular lesions and it may be useful for monitoring their dimensional evolution. It may also give some insight into the structural composition of the nodules. This study supports theories that Peyronie’s disease is a generalized disease of the penis.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Metz P, Ebbehoj J, Uhrenholdt A, Wagner G: Peyronie’s disease and erectile failure.J Urol 130:1103–1104, 1983
Smith BH: Peyronie’s disease.Am J Clin Pathol 45:670–678, 1966
Chilton CP, Castle WM, Westwood CA, Pryor JP: Factors associated in the aetiology of Peyronie’s disease.Br J Urol 54:748–750, 1982
Gallizia F: A collagen triad: La Peyronie’s disease, Dupuytren’s disease and fibrosis of the auricolar cartilage.J Urol Nephrol (Paris) 70:424–427, 1964
Hinman F Jr.: Etiologic factors in Peyronie’s disease.Urol Int 35:407–413, 1980
Abrahamy R, Leiter E: Post-traumatic segmental corpus cavernosum fibrosis: the diagnostic value of cavernosography and surgical correction by cavernosum-cavernosum shunt.J Urol 123:289–290, 1980
Thomas ML, Rose DM: Peyronie’s disease demonstrated by cavernosography.Acta Radiol 12:221, 1972
Lopatkin NA, Shcheplev PA, Mazaev AP: Komp’iuternaia tomogrania a diagnostika bolezni Peironi.Urol Nephrol (Mosk) 5:29–33, 1982
Tentarelli T, Vespier M: L’orgoteina nel trattamento della malattia di La Peyronie.Urologia IV:667–671, 1984
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Andrea Rollandi, G., Tentarelli, T. & Vespier, M. Computed tomographic findings in peyronie’s disease. Urol Radiol 7, 153–156 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926875
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926875