Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency: An Etiology for Idiopathic Priapism?

G6PD deficiency offers an explanation for idiopathic priapism. The medical condition generates a pathophysiologic milieu consistent with aberrant NO signaling and heightened oxidative stress in the penis. Burnett AL, and Bivalacqua TJ. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: An etiology for idiopathic priapism? J Sex Med 2008;5:237-240.