Retrograde Ejaculation in Diabetic Neuropathy
Authors: MAX ELLENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Article1 December 1966Retrograde Ejaculation in Diabetic NeuropathyMAX ELLENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., HERBERT WEBER, M.D.MAX ELLENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HERBERT WEBER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-6-1237 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRetrograde ejaculation as a complication of diabetes is unappreciated, unrecognized, and for the most part, clinically unknown. This paper records five such cases, documents this syndrome as a diabetic autonomic neuropathic manifestation, and indicates the sequential developments in relation to its pathogenesis.The most common cause of retrograde ejaculation is transurethral resection of the prostate, but it has been noted in inflammation, trauma, and congenital malfunction of the posterior urethra. 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