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Fluoroscopic-Guided Bilateral Superior Hypogastric Plexus Neurolysis in the Treatment of Intractable Neoplasm-Related Penile Pain

Authors: Daniel Lopez; Janet Daoud; Kristy A. Fisher; Jessica Reyes; Christian Gonzalez; Oleg Desyatnikov;

Fluoroscopic-Guided Bilateral Superior Hypogastric Plexus Neurolysis in the Treatment of Intractable Neoplasm-Related Penile Pain

Abstract

Intractable penile pain can be a very difficult condition to address. Studies have shown that both locally advanced and metastatic penile cancer, along with its associated management options and subsequent complications, yield a very poor prognosis, with pain being the most feared symptom. Furthermore, a lack of palliative therapy has been demonstrated in this patient population, with an emphasis on the need for implementing future options. This case depicts a 67-year-old male, with a past medical history of metastatic prostate cancer involving the penis, who presented with intractable penile pain. To the authors' knowledge, this will be the first documented case of the successful utilization of a bilateral superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis in the management of intractable neoplasm-related penile pain attributed to both radiation-induced injury in the treatment of malignant neoplasm and penile pain secondary to metastatic prostate cancer to the penis. As a currently under-utilized treatment option in the management of intractable neoplasm-related penile pain, this case presentation acts to increase awareness of its potential use, therefore reducing the need for analgesics and the associated burdens, as well as improving patient palliation. Furthermore, this case offers evidence supporting the encouragement of its use in the general management of intractable penile pain due to other pathophysiology.

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