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By Gordon Deegan

A young man has been successfully treated for a seven WEEK erection.

Medics at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin attended to the 22-year-old mountain biker after he injured himself on the bar of his bike.

This resulted in a high flow of blood to his penis, which then persisted for seven weeks.

The man did not present at Tallaght Hospital until five weeks after sustaining the injury and initial treatment by medics for two weeks failed before a further intervention successfully treated the condition, known as priapism.

The case is reported on in the current edition of the Irish Medical Journal and one of the medics to have treated the man, Consultant Intervention Radiologist, Dr Ronan Browne said today that the treatment for the patient "was a great result for him".

He said: "We were very happy with the outcome."