Author/Authors :
Azarfar Anoush نويسنده School of Medicine,Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,Mashhad,- Iran , Alizadeh Ghamsari Anahita نويسنده Pediatric Toxicologist, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. , Sheikh Andalibi Mohammad Sobhan نويسنده Student Research Committee, School of Medicine,Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,Mashhad,Iran , Ravanshad Yalda نويسنده , Esmaeeli Mohammad نويسنده , Sheykh Andalibi Nazanin نويسنده Departments of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract :
Penile hair tourniquet syndrome (PHTS) is a rare clinical condition characterized by progressive penile strangulation caused by a piece of hair curled around sulcus corona. This clinical condition may result in some clinical and urgent complications including ischemia and gangrene of glans penis, urethra-cutaneous fistulae, and urethral transection. The case report is about a four year and six month old circumcised boy with a hair coil penile strangulation caused by strands of hair being wrapped around the sulcus corona.
