Priapism has been reported following a wide variety of spinal cord pathologies including acute SCI, transverse myelitis and postoperative extradural haematoma. In all patients, priapism is associated with complete motor and sensory (American Spinal Injury Association A) paraplegia.

Ischemic priapism has rarely been reported in the setting of acute spinal cord injury. Herein, we present a 25 year-old male with cavernous blood gas evidence of ischemic priapism following a traumatic gunshot wound with a retained bullet fragment in the third cervical vertebra.

Priapism has been reported following a wide variety of spinal cord pathologies including acute SCI, transverse myelitis and postoperative extradural haematoma. In all patients, priapism is associated with complete motor and sensory (American Spinal Injury Association A) paraplegia.