eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2017-02-21 5 2 29 31 10.12691/ajmcr-5-2-1 AJMCR2017521 article Nishant Tripathi nishant55@icloud.com 1 Niki Koirala 2 Hospitalist, Ottumwa Regional Health Center, Ottumwa, IA USA 52501 Pharmacy Resident, Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, IA USA 50702 Prolonged erection is a relatively uncommon phenomenon and can become a medical emergency if it progresses to priapism. Even though appropriate management of priapism and prolonged erection supports early involvement of urologists, this may not always be feasible due to unavailability of these specialists. In such scenarios, conservative non-surgical methods must be attempted. However, very few guidelines and evidence-based treatment modalities exist in the literature making management of prolonged erection conjectural and challenging. Here we describe a case of prolonged erection successfully resolved with subcutaneous terbutaline. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/5/2/1/ajmcr-5-2-1.pdf prolonged erection priapism terbutaline urologic emergencies painful erections