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G Tordjman

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PubMed1994

[Sexuality and genito-urinary cancers].

In mythological terms, cancer symbolizes death and suffering, and sexuality, on the other hand, symbolizes life and pleasure. This diagnosis whether explicit or not, calls for two-fold reflection. Firstly the individual is faced by the inexorable approach of death and is called to bury his fantasies of immortality. Secondly, it also constitutes a threat to the body-image, and this may have profound repercussions on sexuality. The author investigates the impact of genito-urinary cancers and also cancers of the breast, which are included on the basis of its symbolic nature, on the patient's personal life: conjugal dynamism, socio-professional life and, in particular, physiological changes of sexual function.

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PubMed1980

Advances in the vascular pathology of male erectile dysfunction.

The arterial and venous vascular process involved in the physiology of penile erection is described. In the differential diagnosis of impotence the clinical history remains essential, allowing an organic or functional origin to be strongly suspected, although not positively diagnosed. Vascular arterial impotence can be suspected with the functional triad insufficient erections, feeling of cold in the penis, and ejaculation with the penis flaccid. Erectile impotence of venous origin can be suspected from a very suggestive sign: the patient can maintain his erection more easily when standing. To confirm these diagnoses, we use a thermographic study of the penis, with a cooling test. Selective arteriography of the left and right internal pudendal arteries is carried out, and phlebography and measurement of the venous pressure of the deep dorsal vein of the penis are conducted. Medical and surgical treatments of these vascular disorders are discussed.

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