저자들은 파파베린유도 음경발기촬영술이 발기부전 원인의 선별검사로서 유용한지를 알아보고자 정상인 12예와 제반검사에서 확진된 동맥성 발기부전 5예, 정맥성 발기부전 12예, 심인성 발기부전 11예, 혼합형 발기부전 8예 및 신경성 발기부전 19예를 대상으로 하여 파파베린의 국소 주사로 발기를 유도하고 $^{99m}Tc$-HSA를 정주하여 관심영역의 시간방사능곡선을 구한 다음 발기유발시간, 발기지속시간 및 정맥성 계수를 비교하였다. 동맥성 발기부전군에서 발기유발시간이 정상 대조군에 비해 지연되어 있었고, 정맥성 발기부전군에서는 정상대조군과 동맥성 발기부전군에 비하여 발기지속시간이 단축되었으며 정맥성계수는 더 낮았다. 심인성 발기부전군에서는 발기지속시간이 정상 대조군 및 동맥성 발기부전군에 비해 지연되어 있었다. 이상의 결과로 파파베린유도 음경발기촬영술은 동맥성과 정맥성 발기부전 뿐만 아니라 심인성 발기부전도 선별할 수 있는 좋은 검사법으로 생각되나 혼합형과 신경성 발기부전을 감별하지 못하는 단점이 있었다.
To reevaluate the clinical usefulness of erection penography for diffential diagnosis of impotence, we reviewed retrospectively the data of penography in 56 patients who were diagnosed as impotence by various diagnostic workup. Twelve normal males were studied as control group. Papaverine HCl 30mg was injected into the corpus cavernosum and simultaneously $^{99m}Tc$-HSA 20mCi was injected via an antecubital vein. After injection radioactivities in the penile area were detected for 30 minutes by gamma camera and time activity curve was displayed. We defined that transit time(TT) is the time to reach peak activity and erection persistent time(EPT) is the duration of time to maintain peak activity and venous index(VI) is the ratio of radioactivity($R_{30}/R_{max}$). The results were as follows. The TT of arteriogenic group($10.7{pm}2.8min$) was significantly increased compared with those of control and venogenic groups(P<0.05, respectively). The EPT of venogenic group ($6.2{pm}6.8min$) is significantly decreased compared with those of control and arteriogenic groups(P<0.05, respectively). The TT of psychogenic($15.2{pm}5.5min$) is significantly increased compared with those of control and arteriogenic groups(P<0.05, respectively). In conclusion erection penography was very useful for the diagnosis of vascular and psychogenic impotence and for differentiation between arteriogenic and venogenic but it could not differentiate mixed type or neurogenic from vascular or psychogenic.
