ABSTRACT
CASE REPORT A 61-year-old man presented with a 19-months history of dorsal penile curvature. After an initial phase of penile pain during erection and progressive upward curvature, the symptoms stabilized after 7 months. The patient identified himself a palpable induration at the penile dorsum. The dorsal curvature of 70◦ remained unchanged for 12 months. Sexual intercourse was severely hampered due to the curvature despite sufficient rigidity of the penis. Drug treatment with potassium para-aminobenzoate, initiated 8 months after the onset of the disorder did not improve the penile malformation. The patient’s history and physical status was apparently normal besides Dupuytren’s contracture on both hands. He remembered a penile trauma during sexual intercourse 6 months before the onset of symptoms.
