You think your phantom limb is bad, check out my phantom erection!

ScienceBLogs.com – Posted by Scicurious

Namba, et al. “Phantom erectile penis after sex reassignment surgery” Acta Medical Okayama, 62(3), 2008.

Sexual reassignment

This case study concerns a 52 year old who was diagnosed as a male to female transsexual, and then had his penis and testicles removed, and a vagina a clitoris were created. After the operation, she (the authors refer to the patient consistently as ‘he’, but I think it’s more polite to refer to someone as the the gender with which they identify) complained to clitoral hypersensitivity and a sensation known as “phantom erectile penis”.