Pharmacoangiographic assessment of the corpora cavernosa. 1988

J J Bookstein, and B Fellmeth, and S Moreland, and A L Lurie
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego 92103.

The present section presents further observations regarding cavernosometry and cavernosography, emphasizing the value of intracavernosal injection of a papaverine-phentolamine combination. Subsequent pharmacocavernosometry during fluid infusion then enables (1) precise quantitation of cavernosal leak by the pharmacologic maintenance erection flow (PMEF) method, and (2) determination of cavernosal pressure pulsations, a useful reflection of arterial sufficiency. In patients with excessive cavernosal leak, pharmacocavernosography supplements the examination by indicating the routes of persistent major venous drainage, key information in planning venoablative therapy. Compared with nonpharmacologic methods for cavernosometry and cavernosography, we feel the pharmacologic technique offers the following advantages: (1) it enables the highly accurate and reproducible PMEF method for quantitating cavernosal leakage; (2) the sites of abnormal leakage can be evaluated by cavernosography only after the pharmacologic technique; (3) the infusion volumes required to produce erection are smaller, more physiologic, and more conveniently administered; (4) the amplitude of the cavernosal pressure pulsation becomes useful as an index of arterial sufficiency; and (5) pulsations of the dorsal penile artery are amplified to the point of easy palpability, or more reliable Doppler detection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007172 Erectile Dysfunction The inability in the male to have a PENILE ERECTION due to psychological or organ dysfunction. Impotence,Male Impotence,Male Sexual Impotence,Dysfunction, Erectile,Impotence, Male,Impotence, Male Sexual,Sexual Impotence, Male
D008297 Male Males
D010208 Papaverine An alkaloid found in opium but not closely related to the other opium alkaloids in its structure or pharmacological actions. It is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used in the treatment of impotence and as a vasodilator, especially for cerebral vasodilation. The mechanism of its pharmacological actions is not clear, but it apparently can inhibit phosphodiesterases and it may have direct actions on calcium channels. Cerespan,Papaverine Hydrochloride,Pavabid,Pavatym,Hydrochloride, Papaverine
D010410 Penile Erection The state of the PENIS when the erectile tissue becomes filled or swollen (tumid) with BLOOD and causes the penis to become rigid and elevated. It is a complex process involving CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; HORMONES; SMOOTH MUSCLES; and vascular functions. Tumescence, Penile,Nocturnal Penile Tumescence,Penile Tumescence,Erection, Penile,Penile Tumescence, Nocturnal,Tumescence, Nocturnal Penile
D010413 Penis The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra. Glans Penis,Penis, Glans
D010646 Phentolamine A nonselective alpha-adrenergic antagonist. It is used in the treatment of hypertension and hypertensive emergencies, pheochromocytoma, vasospasm of RAYNAUD DISEASE and frostbite, clonidine withdrawal syndrome, impotence, and peripheral vascular disease. Fentolamin,Phentolamine Mesilate,Phentolamine Mesylate,Phentolamine Methanesulfonate,Phentolamine Mono-hydrochloride,Regitine,Regityn,Rogitine,Z-Max,Mesilate, Phentolamine,Mesylate, Phentolamine,Methanesulfonate, Phentolamine,Mono-hydrochloride, Phentolamine,Phentolamine Mono hydrochloride
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000792 Angiography Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium. Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D014652 Vascular Diseases Pathological processes involving any of the BLOOD VESSELS in the cardiac or peripheral circulation. They include diseases of ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body. Disease, Vascular,Diseases, Vascular,Vascular Disease
D014661 Vasoconstriction The physiological narrowing of BLOOD VESSELS by contraction of the VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE. Vasoconstrictions

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