The relationship between the localization and etiology in children s penile tourniquet syndrome: A case report and literature review

Abstract

Though the penile tourniquet syndrome is rarely seen, it is a disease which causes complications from a simple edema to severe necrosis and amputation. Whether simple or complicated, the penile strangulation that is the causative factor, except babies, whom are usually questionable. Our aim is to investigate the relation between perpetrators and location of disease in the penile tourniquet syndrome.

Hair Coil Penile Tourniquet Syndrome in an Unusual Age

“…It was previously postulated that if the localization of PTS was the coronal sulcus and distal part of it, the perpetrator may be either the hair of mother (telogen effluvium) which was accidental or the deliberate cases because of enuresis or urinary incontinence [ 2 ].…”

“…It was significantly encountered in circumcised boys. Urethrocutaneous fistula, complete urethral transection, penile gangrene, or penile amputations were presented among the reported complications in the literature [ 1 , 2 ].…”

Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review

“…Kursad et al [ 34 ], on the basis of a literature review, tried to figure out the relationship between the location of the lesion, the age of the patient, and the possible causative factor in HTTS. They found that penile strangulation in infancy is generally accidental and occurs as a result of the mother's hair (telogen effluvium).…”