• Rafael Boscolo-Berto, Massimo Iafrate, Giuseppe Casarrubea, and Vincenzo Ficarra.
• Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Italy. boscolorafael@tiscali.it
• J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Aug 1; 30 (2): 407-10.

AbstractA 53-year-old male was admitted to our Emergency Department affected by a contemporary high-flow priapism and induration on the dorsal penile surface, in consequence of a prior transrectal prostate biopsy performed 2 weeks earlier on the basis of a suspicion of prostate cancer. We describe a penile Mondor's disease (penile superficial dorsal vein thrombosis) of uncertain pathogenesis involving the penile superficial vein, and employing a careful diagnostic pathway by using magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). In the literature many reports described pulsed- and color-Doppler ultrasonography classical findings about penile Mondor's disease. For the first time we report the pathognomonic features of penile Mondor's disease on MRA, which may be considered a useful and comprehensive tool to deepen the analysis only in the case of a complex clinical picture such as the one presented.(c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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