An agonizing 42 year old man had to undergo emergency surgery after snapping a fibrous membrane inside his organ during sex.
His erect phallus had inadvertently collided with his partner’s perineum, the area in front of the anus.
The man heard a snap, felt his penis become immediately flaccid, and noticed a rush of blood from the tip.
He was rushed to the A&E department of a Boston hospital as he was suffering severe pain, according to a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Doctors found he had torn his tunica albuginea, the watertight and fibrous outer sheath of one of the penis' inner chambers, the corpus cavernosa.
The corpus cavernosa runs along the length of the penis and is filled with spongy tissue, into which blood flows to create an erection.
The tunica albuginea helps to trap the blood in the corpus cavernosa, maintaining an erection.
The snap had led to a tear in the corpus cavernosa’s sheath, which meant blood leaked out, creating swelling.
It was forced out of his body through the urethra, the tube by which a man passes urine, which is why he saw blood coming out of the end of his penis.
When he arrived at the hospital, he was taken straight to the operating room for emergency repair.
Doctors said the consequences of such a fracture include erectile dysfunction, as scar tissue known as fibrous plaques can form in the penis.
They warned it is also possible to suffer a curve or bend in the penis, and damage to the nerves in the genitals.
Fortunately, the man, who was seen three and six months after surgery, regained his ability to obtain an erection without any noticeable curvature or plaque forming in his penis.
