Author(s): Emmanuel Asuquo Etim*, Adjekuko Ohwonigho Collins and Jacob Nwonoba Nweke
Background/Objective: Priapism is a penile erectile abnormality characterized by prolonged painful erection, due to disturbances in regulatory mechanism that controls penile engorgement. Despite the role of hematology in diagnosis and management of priapism in Yola, there is dearth of information regarding hematological parameters of men with priapism therefore; this study aims to evaluate some hematological parameters of men with priapism.
Material and Method: 43 subjects participated in this study comprising of 23 men of age 30±2.4years presented with priapism and 20 apparently healthy men without priapism used as control group. Men with priapism in this study presented late with very hard penis and average priapism duration of 5days. Hematological parameters of subjects were determined using Sysmex XN 550 hematological analyzer.
Result: Mean erythrocyte count of subject was 3.61±0.3 X106/μl while red cell count of control group was 4.31±0.3 X106/μl at P<0.05. Mean Cell Volume (MCV) of men with priapism was 89.2±0.8fl while MCV of the control group was 75.3±1.0fl. Furthermore, Mean Cell Hemoglobin (MCH) of control and subject groups were 25.8±0.5pg and 32.1±0.6pg respectively. Mean total leucocyte count of subjects and control group were 16.8±1.4 X103/μl and 8.9±1.6 X103/μl respectively and absolute neutrophil counts of men with priapism was 9.9±2.7 X103/μl while neutrophil count of control group was 3.5±2.9 X103/μl.
Conclusion: Men with Priapism had mild leukocytosis as well as increase neutrophil count, MCV and MCH values when compare with control group. It is believed that information provided in this study will improve the clinical care of men with priapism in this locality.
