J Korean Orthop Assoc.  2023 Dec;58(6):529-532. 10.4055/jkoa.2023.58.6.529 .

Penile Erection Accompanied by Neurological Symptoms in a Patient with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

• Na HY
• Song WS
• Kim HD

• KMID: 2549828
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.2023.58.6.529

Abstract

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a disease that leads to neurological symptoms such as neurogenic claudication, lumbosacral pain, and lower extremity radiating pain and is caused by mechanical compression, ischemia, and chemical stimulation of the spinal canal due to degenerative changes in the structures around the spinal canal. In addition to the main symptoms listed above, additional symptoms, such as motor weakness, sensory changes, and difficult urination, may occur. Approximately 32 cases of penile erection accompanied by symptoms of spinal canal stenosis have been reported worldwide so far, and none have been reported in Korea. This paper reports the case of a patient with spinal canal stenosis who had an erection accompanied by symptoms of lumbosacral pain and lower extremity radiating pain, which was treated by posterior decompression.

Keyword

spinal stenosis; priapism