Recurrent transient global amnesia after intracavernous Caverject injection in erectile dysfunction after robotic prostatectomy

D Maffei; F Grizzi; M Zanoni; P Vota; M Justich; G Taverna

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101184

Recurrent transient global amnesia after intracavernous Caverject injection in erectile dysfunction after robotic prostatectomy

Urol Case Rep. 2020 Apr 2:31:101184. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101184. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

D Maffei¹, F Grizzi¹, M Zanoni², P Vota², M Justich², G Taverna^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy.
² Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza, VA, Italy.

Abstract

Treatment of erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy includes intracavernous Caverject injections. We present the case of recurrent transient global amnesia in a man performing self-administration of Caverject after robotic radical prostatectomy. The correlation between the intracavernous injection and the neurological phenomenon was repeated and evident, yet the specific aetiology of transient global amnesia remains uncertain.

Keywords: Caverject injection; ED, Erectile dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Robotic prostatectomy; TGA, Transient Global Ischemia; Transient global amnesia.

Publication types

Case Reports