Was discovered by Francois de la Peyronie in 1743.
The penis consists of three tubes of tissue, one containing the urethra and two long tubes filled with spongy tissue, called corpora, which swell if engorged with blood, producing an erection. These two tubes are contained within a thick elastic membrane, called the tunica albuginea. In Peyronie’s disease, a plaque or scar develops in the tunica and restricts elasticity of the penis, so that with erection a deformity is seen with the penis curving towards the side of the plaque. A narrowing or constriction is often felt at the site. With erection the penis may rotate in a twisting fashion, the so-called corkscrew penis. I have seen rotation so severe that when the patient looked down on his erect penis, he was actually viewing the underside.
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