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Case Reports
. 2014 May;67(4):353-6.

Metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma to the penis

[Article in English, Spanish]
Ramin Hajianfar  1 , Marta Muniesa, Esther Gomez, Francisco Belles, Anna Pallisera, Luis Ortiz de Zarate
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  • PMID: 24892399
Case Reports

Metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma to the penis

[Article in English, Spanish]
Ramin Hajianfar et al. Arch Esp Urol. 2014 May.

Abstract

Objective: To report a clinical case of penile metastasis of a rectal adenocarcinoma.

Methods: We report the case of a 78-year-old male with a clinical history of rectum adenocarcinoma. The management included an anterior rectum-resection and postoperative combination of neoadjuvant chemo and radiotherapy. Eight months after the operation, a painful solitary nodular lesion on the glans penis was diagnosed. We performed a needle biopsy (Tru-cut).

Results: Histological examination confirmed metastasis of the rectal tumour. We performed partial penectomy.

Conclusions: The incidence of penile metastasis is extremely low. In a large number of cases the primary tumour is localized in the genito-urinary tract, less likley they originate from other organs. The treatment, depending to each case, is mostly palliative due to the poor prognosis of disease.

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