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KMID : 0376419940180010049
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Chonbuk University Medical Journal
1994 Volume.18 No. 1 p.49 ~ p.56
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Correlation between Penile Neuropathy and Sensory Polyneuropathy in Diabetes Mellitus
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Abstract
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Impairment of sexual function is common in male diabetic patients. This problem is generally attributed to a peripheral neuropathy involving the nerves controlling penile erection. Through the electrophysiological studies, it was proved that
neuropathy
of the terminal branch of the pudendal nerve is most responsible for the sexual dysfunction. In diabetic polyneuropathy, most distal sensory fibers are initially involved by 'dying back phenomenon'. In addition to the frequent appearance of
diabetic
polyneuropathy with sexual dysfunction, this similar neuropathologic pattern led us to hypothesize that penile neuropathy could be a form of diabetic polyneuropathy. For the verification of this hypothesis, the degree of correlation between
diabetic
polyneuropathy and penile neuropathy was evaluated. The sensory nerve conduction velocities of the dorsal nerve of the penis and sural nerve were recorded from 16 normal men and 16 diabetic patients with impotence. The sensory nerve conduction
velocities of the dorsal nerves of the penis had a high interrelationship with that of sural nerves in diabetic patients. According to these results, it could. Be established that the penile neuropathy is a sort of diabetic polyneuropathy.
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