Presentamos un caso de priapismo recurrente de bajo flujo de etiología desconocida; comprobado durante su ingreso hospitalario la eficacia y buena tolerancia a la administración intracavernosa de metoxamina, se aleccionó al paciente en la autoinyección domiciliaria, realizando ésta durante aproximadamente un mes, con desaparición del priapismo recurrente. El paciente conservó su función eréctil.
We report the case of a young man with a recurrent idiopathic priapism, successfully treated with methoxamine intracarvenosal self-injections. The patient was instructed in intracorporeal self-injection of this pure alpha-1 adrenergic agonist, which provided complete detumescence. The patient became asymptomatic after one month of domiciliary treatment. We conclude that intracavernosal self-administered methoxamine can be a useful treatment of recurrent idiopathic priapism.
