“…Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has proven efficient by increasing the oxygen supply in suffering tissues but requires specific materials and is still difficult to administer 6 . The prognosis for calciphylaxis remains severe with significant morbidity and a mortality rate of 64%, mainly from sepsis 16 . In the present case, it is not possible to state that the biopsy was an aggravating factor determining the evolution toward necrosis of the glans.…”
When the diagnosis of penile calciphylaxis is suggested, the evolution of the disease is rapidly unfavorable; in this case, a rapid medical treatment must be established to obtain an improvement of the disease to avoid penectomy.
“…Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has proven efficient by increasing the oxygen supply in suffering tissues but requires specific materials and is still difficult to administer 6 . The prognosis for calciphylaxis remains severe with significant morbidity and a mortality rate of 64%, mainly from sepsis 16 . In the present case, it is not possible to state that the biopsy was an aggravating factor determining the evolution toward necrosis of the glans.…”
When the diagnosis of penile calciphylaxis is suggested, the evolution of the disease is rapidly unfavorable; in this case, a rapid medical treatment must be established to obtain an improvement of the disease to avoid penectomy.
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