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An Orthotopic Murine Model of Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis
Published on: September 18, 2013
[Penile metastasis of a prostatic adenocarcinoma]
Enrique Sanz Mayayo1, Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla, Ignacio Gómez García
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España.
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.
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