Search
for

    Did you mean Peyronie's disease?
    Glossary Peyronie's disease

    condition causing curved, painful erections due to penile scar tissue

    Peyronie's disease, also known as Induratio penis plastica (IPP), is a condition characterized by the development of fibrous scar tissue inside the penis, leading to curved, painful erections. This can result in difficulties with sexual intercourse and may be associated with erectile dysfunction. The exact cause is not well understood, but it is believed to involve trauma or injury to the penis, possibly combined with genetic factors.

    Related Terms

    Research 10 of 103

    1. Trimodal mini-invasive therapy for stable-phase Peyronie's disease: a two-center real-life prospective pilot study 2025
    2. Are finasteride-related penile curvature/Peyronie’s disease Adverse Event Reports worthy of further clinical investigation? Disproportionality analysis based on both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) pharmacovigilance databases International Journal of Impotence Research · 2022 · 2 citations
    3. Trimodal Mini‐Invasive Therapy for Stable‐Phase Peyronie's Disease: A Two‐Center Real‐Life Prospective Pilot Study Andrology · 2026
    4. Evaluation of intralesional injection of platelet derived growth factors PDGF ma in patients with Peyronie's disease 2025
    5. Is finasteride intake associated with penile curvature/peyronie’s disease? Assessment of both the food and drug administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) pharmacovigilance databases European urology open science · 2021
    6. Organic Causes of Erectile Dysfunction in Men Under 40 Urologia Internationalis · 2013 · 2152 citations
    7. Topical Minoxidil in the Treatment of Male Erectile Dysfunction The Journal of Urology · 1994 · 28 citations
    8. The Use of Stromal Vascular Fraction in the Treatment of Male Sexual Dysfunction: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies Sexual medicine reviews · 2018 · 11 citations
    9. Multidimensional assessment of adverse events of finasteride:a real-world pharmacovigilance analysis based on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) from 2004 to April 2024 medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024
    10. 175 Reinventing the Selfie: Telemedicine in a Tertiary Referral Sexual Medicine Practice ˜The œjournal of sexual medicine · 2018
    All research results →

    Community 1

    1. Long term finasteride users; Did you notice any improvement after 2 years? Reddit · 11 Apr 2023

    Learn

    — no results

    Try a deeper search in learn →