[Epidermoid carcinoma of the penis with vertebral metastasis treated with decompression and anterior fixation]
A López-Sastre Nuñez1, D Menéndez Díaz, F García
1Servicio de Traumatología, Hospital de León, España.
Objective:
To describe a case of epidermoid carcinoma of the penis with vertebral metastasis.
Methods/Results:
A patient with epidermoid carcinoma of the penis underwent penile resection. One year postoperatively the patient presented with paraparesia and lumbar pain, and was diagnosed as having vertebral metastasis at L3. Surgical resection of the tumor was performed with resection of L3 and arthrodesis of L2-L4 via the anterior retroperitoneal approach. The anatomopathological findings were compatible with metastatic epidermoid carcinoma. The rarity of bony metastases from this tumor and the clinical course of the patient are discussed.
Conclusions:
In patients with lumbar pain and a previous history of malignant disease, metastasis should be suspected even in those tumors that are considered to have behave well.