Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 59. No. 1., 2020.
Ostalo
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.01.22
From Erectile Dysfunction to Brain Subependymoma: a Case Report
Tatjana Bačun
; Department of Internal Medicine, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Aleksandar Kibel
; Department of Internal Medicine, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Dunja Degmečić
; Department of Psychiatry, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Roman Pavić
; University Hospital of Traumatology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Sažetak
Endocrinopathies are relatively rare causes of erectile dysfunction. Cases of hyperprolactinemia and pituitary adenomas have been previously reported. We present a clinical case of a 27-year-old male with suspected infertility and recent symptoms of erectile dysfunction. Additional radiological and endocrinologic workup revealed underlying subependymoma, which was expanding in the sellar and suprasellar regions, causing pressure against the pituitary gland. The resulting
endocrine disorder caused problems that were subjectively at first manifested mainly as erectile dysfunction. The case is an educative example pointing to the need of taking possible intracranial lesions
in consideration when starting workup in a patient presenting with erectile dysfunction. It may be of broad clinical interest not only for endocrinologists but also for practitioners in various fields.
Ključne riječi
Erectile dysfunction; Endocrine system diseases; Prolactin; Testosterone; Brain neoplasms; Glioma, subependymal
Hrčak ID:
242447
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Datum izdavanja:
1.3.2020.
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