[Penile metastasis of a prostatic adenocarcinoma]

Arch Esp Urol. 2004 Oct;57(8):841-4.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objectives: To report one case of prostate carcinoma with metastasis to the corpora cavernosum.

Methods: We report the case of a 79-year-old patient with the diagnosis of Gleason 9 prostatic adenocarcinoma who presented a hard lesion on the glans penis one year after starting androgen blockade. The patient underwent palliative TURP and biopsy of the lesion.

Results: Pathology reported a penile metastasis of prostatic adenocarcinoma.

Conclusions: Penile metastasis are rare, usually appearing in advanced stages of the primary disease; their treatment is palliative and should only be carried out in symptomatic patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Penile Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*