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Penile fibroepithelial polyp. Case report
Tomás Lázaro Rodríguez Collar1, Basily Valdés Estévez, Laura López Marín
1Unidad de Urología, Hospital Universitario Dr Carlos J Finlay, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba. hidalgo@erkasl.co.cu
Summary Objective:
To report a new case of penile fibro-epithelial polyp and its treatment.
Methods:
A 39 year-old patient who came to the outpatient clinic due to a warted growth he had noticed on the frenulum of prepuce of his penis which was narrowing the urethral meatus and impairing his voiding.
Results:
Total exeresis of the lesion and circumcision were performed. The histopathologic study revealed a fibroepithelial polyp. The patient is asymptomatic and without any recurrence.
Conclusions:
The importance of considering this type of lesion in the differential diagnosis of penis tumors is confirmed because its macroscopic aspect seems like a cancerogenic new formation on this organ.
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