Man, 43, is left with a ‘penile stump’ because of a rare disease

A man had to have the end of his penis cut off because of a rare disease which blocked his circulation.

The unfortunate 43-year-old went to a hospital in South Australia for a routine dialysis appointment to treat his kidney failure.

But when doctors examined him they discovered he had gangrene on the tip of his penis.

The flesh had started to turn white with black spots and surgeons urgently had to slice off the dead skin to try and stop the gangrene from spreading.

He was left with a ‘penile stump’, the doctors wrote in a gruesome case report, but he was lucky to have survived a condition which kills around six in 10 patients.

Doctors diagnosed the patient with gangrene by chance at a routine appointment and surgeons had to act quickly to slice off the rotting flesh and stop it from spreading (stock image)

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The man was diagnosed with penile calciphylaxis by doctors at Flinders Medical Centre near Adelaide.

Calciphylaxis is a condition in which calcium builds up inside the blood vessels and cuts off circulation.

It can be caused by kidney failure because the organs stop filtering the calcium out of the blood.