PRIAPISM IN A CHILD WITH CHRONIC GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

A child with chronic granulocytic leukemia and priapism is presented to emphasize the rarity of this associated symptom-disease complex. Radiation therapy to the penile area resulted in a prompt abatement of this complication before hematologic control of the underlying disease was achieved with busulfan. There was no recurrence of priapism even at the time of relapse and during the accelerated terminal phase of the illness. The possible etiology of this rare condition is discussed. © 1969 The C. V. Mosby Company.