The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2022 , Vol 64 , Num 6
Priapism associated with COVID-19: a pediatric case
1 Departments of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Health Sciences Dr. Behçet Uz Children’s Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye2 Departments of Pediatric Surgery, University of Health Sciences Dr. Behçet Uz Children’s Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2021.1271 Background. Urological involvement is rare in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Priapism, one of the urological involvements, was reported as one of the COVID-19 comorbidities in the elderly male patient group but has rarely been reported in the pediatric age group.
Case. Herein, a previously healthy 8-year-old patient with COVID-19-associated priapism, which is rare in children, is presented.
Conclusions. During the pandemic, in pediatric cases with priapism of unknown etiology, COVID-19 should be one of the diagnoses to be considered.
Keywords : priapism, COVID-19, child