Case presentation
A 41-year-old married man with penile pain extending to the perineal and
inguinal region that got worsen on erection referred by an urologist for
sonographic evaluation of penis and testes.The pain started 3 days
before he went to the urology clinic,following his first full erection
for intercourse, after his positive Covid-19 PCR Test.
He didn’t have any other urologic symptoms such as discharge, hematuria
or dysuria.He denied any trauma to the penis,previous pelvic surgery and
history of recent immobilization..The patient reported positive
nosopharyngeal swab test for Covid-19 Three weeks ago.He had mild
symptoms of Covid-19 infection including muscle pain,fever,cough and
fatigue.He had recieved conservative treatment and had not taken any
anticoagulants,antivirals and corticosteroids.His medical history didn’t
show any significant underlying disease and any risk factor for
cardiovascular disease.He also didn’t have history of previous deep vein
thrombosis.In physical examination of the penis and testes no pathologic
finding was detected such as skin changes , discoloration,edema ,
tenderness or palpable nodularity.
Ultrasound evaluation showed thrombosis of deep dorsal penile vein while
the superficial dorsal penile vein,Iliac veins and inferior vena cava
were intact.(Fig1,2,3)
Laboratory tests reveled increased D-dimer level, normal levels of
anti-thrombin III,protein S,Protein C,anticardiolipin antibodies and
normal count of platelets and WBCs.Also Tests were negative for
antinuclear antibodies, antiphospholipid-IgG and lupus anticoagulant.
Immediately after sonographic diagnose of deep dorsal penile vein
thrombosis,Rivaroxaban 15mg twice a day was started for the patient.