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Malignant priapism due to a huge renal carcinoma
P Puppo1, M Perachino, G Ricciotti
1Department of Urology, S. Corona Hospital Pietra Ligure SV, Italy.
European Urology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Metastases to the penis from renal cell carcinoma producing priapism are very rare, as only 18 cases have been described since 1964. We present an additional case of priapism due to massive metastatic involvement of the corpora cavernosa in a patient with huge renal cell carcinoma, 28 cm in diameter, discussing the possible pathogenetic mechanism of such a rare condition.