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Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Impotence

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Erectile dysfunction is defined as the inability to achieve or maintain adequate penile erection (or both) for satisfactory intercourse.1 In the United States it is estimated that approximately 10 million to 18 million men suffer from erectile dysfunction.2 Penile erection is a complex phenomenon involving precisely timed neurologic and vascular responses. Although in the past erectile dysfunction has been attributed to psychogenic causes or explained as a normal part of the aging process, we now know that an organic etiology can be found to explain most cases of impotence. Organic impotence can be due to ȧ variety of causative factors including vascular, neurogenic, endocrinologic, and anatomic abnormalities. Vasculogenic impotence is likely the most common cause of organic impotence.3–6

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    Syed Zafar H. Jafri M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor, Chief)

  2. Section of Uroradiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA

    Syed Zafar H. Jafri M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor, Chief)

  3. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Ananias C. Diokno M.D. (Clinical Professor of Urology, Chief) (Clinical Professor of Urology, Chief)

  4. Department of Urology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA

    Ananias C. Diokno M.D. (Clinical Professor of Urology, Chief) (Clinical Professor of Urology, Chief)

  5. Body MRI Section Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33101, USA

    Marco A. Amendola M.D. (Professor of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Chief) (Professor of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Chief)

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Borirakchanyavat, S., Lue, T.F. (1998). Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Impotence. In: Jafri, S.Z.H., Diokno, A.C., Amendola, M.A. (eds) Lower Genitourinary Radiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1648-3_23

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