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Descriptor English: Priapism
Descriptor Spanish: Priapismo
Descriptor priapismo
Scope note: Erección persistente anormal del pene, por lo general sin deseo sexual, y que se acompaña de dolor e hipersensibilidad. Se observa en enfermedades y lesiones traumáticas de la médula espinal, y puede ser causada por cálculos vesicales y ciertas lesiones del pene. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Priapismo
Descriptor French: Priapisme
Entry term(s): Priapisms
Tree number(s): C12.100.500.494.786
C12.200.294.494.786
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011317
Scope note: A prolonged painful erection that may lasts hours and is not associated with sexual activity. It is seen in patients with SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, advanced malignancy, spinal trauma; and certain drug treatments.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 11753
Unique ID: D011317
NLM Classification: WJ 790
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Priapism - Preferred
Concept UI M0017569
Scope note A prolonged painful erection that may lasts hours and is not associated with sexual activity. It is seen in patients with SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, advanced malignancy, spinal trauma; and certain drug treatments.
Preferred term Priapism
Entry term(s) Priapisms



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