[Metastasis in the glans of prostatic adenocarcinoma. Apropos of a case]

Case of an 83 year-old male with metastatic penis cancer located at the glans, secondary to moderately differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma. There was early metastasis clinically expressed as several painful and ulcerous nodes at the glans corona and paraphimosis. The clinical rareness of metastasis in a porous body (glans) as opposed to the more frequent cavernous ones is outlined. Diagnosis was made through biopsy. Treatment is complex since neither radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormonal-therapy appear to be effective. Occasionally, in the event of solitary nodes partial penectomy should be indicated. Usually, the only feasible treatment is palliative. Presence of such type of metastasis should always be considered as a sign of poor prognosis.