Surgical diseases and injuries of the genito-urinary organs.

  • Thomson-Walker, John, Sir, 1871-1937.
Date:
[1914]
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Credit: Surgical diseases and injuries of the genito-urinary organs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Symptoms.—The patient complains of curvature of the penis during erection {le strabisme penien). The curve may be to the right or the left, or towards the pubes, or very rarely down- wards, according to the position of the induration, which occupies the concavity of the curve. There may be pain on erection, and connection is frequently impossible. Delayed ejaculation is often present. In severe cases Fig. 265.—Indurative cavernositis of sheath of left corpus cavernosum ; penis displaced to right. there is distortion of the penis in the flaccid condition, the penis being turned towards the sound side (Fig. 265). In some cases the portion of the penis beyond the indurated mass remains flaccid when erection occurs. The onset is insidious in primary sclerosis, but may be sudden in traumatic cases. There is a hard nodule or a plaque in the sheath of the corpus cavernosum or along the septum. The most frequent situation is at the base of the penis on the 3c