A Dominience Menezes, D Lorenzo Cantamissa de Faria, L Fernandez de Córdova Rio de la Loza, R Cavalcanti Ribeiro
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Abstract
Penile and scrotal lymphedema is characterized by an abnormal retention of fluid in the subcutaneous tissue of the penis and scrotum, due to a deficiency in lymphatic drainage, causing edema, pain, dysuria and sexual dysfunction. The present report describes a patient with a giant penile and scrotal lymphedema after syphilitic infection, treated by excision of all the compromised skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, with primary reconstruction with partial skin autograft and flap rotation. Literature review showed good functional results (erections and ejaculation) with the use of techniques that resected the skin and subcutaneous tissue and reconstructed the penis using skin grafts. This report can help in the differential diagnosis of lymphedema in the external genitalia and presents an aesthetical and functional reconstructive approach, showing the versatility and applicability of the graft and the fasciocutaneous flap of the thigh in this topography.
期刊介绍:
Qu''elle soit réparatrice après un traumatisme, pratiquée à la suite d''une malformation ou motivée par la gêne psychologique dans la vie du patient, la chirurgie plastique et esthétique touche toutes les parties du corps humain et concerne une large communauté de chirurgiens spécialisés.
Organe de la Société française de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique, la revue publie 6 fois par an des éditoriaux, des mémoires originaux, des notes techniques, des faits cliniques, des actualités chirurgicales, des revues générales, des notes brèves, des lettres à la rédaction.
Sont également présentés des analyses d''articles et d''ouvrages, des comptes rendus de colloques, des informations professionnelles et un agenda des manifestations de la spécialité.