“Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer
Penile carcinomas are relatively rare. They usually arise from precancerous lesions and present in the form of ulcerative or exophytic tumors. They rarely give rise to urinary symptoms and complications, and are usually easy to diagnose. We present a case of an 82-year-old man with chronic urinary r...
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| description | Penile carcinomas are relatively rare. They usually arise from precancerous lesions and present in the form of ulcerative or exophytic tumors. They rarely give rise to urinary symptoms and complications, and are usually easy to diagnose. We present a case of an 82-year-old man with chronic urinary retention due to urethral dissemination by a locally destructive penile lesion. The penis was literally “vanished” by the lesion down to the level of the pubic bone without, interestingly, having spread to the local lymph nodes or given rise to distant metastases. A temporary suprapubic catheter was placed, followed by a perineal urethrostomy in order to reverse the established renal failure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-593625e35a2848bb871e7efd3c363aed2025-02-03T01:20:57ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2009-01-01915816210.1100/tsw.2009.14“Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile CancerPetros Sountoulides0Athanasios Bantis1Ioannis Zachos2Irene Asouhidou3Athanasios Pantazakos4Department of Urology, Agios Andreas Regional Hospital, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Urology, Agios Andreas Regional Hospital, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Urology, Agios Andreas Regional Hospital, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Urology, Agios Andreas Regional Hospital, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Urology, Agios Andreas Regional Hospital, Patras, GreecePenile carcinomas are relatively rare. They usually arise from precancerous lesions and present in the form of ulcerative or exophytic tumors. They rarely give rise to urinary symptoms and complications, and are usually easy to diagnose. We present a case of an 82-year-old man with chronic urinary retention due to urethral dissemination by a locally destructive penile lesion. The penis was literally “vanished” by the lesion down to the level of the pubic bone without, interestingly, having spread to the local lymph nodes or given rise to distant metastases. A temporary suprapubic catheter was placed, followed by a perineal urethrostomy in order to reverse the established renal failure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2009.14 |
| spellingShingle | Petros Sountoulides Athanasios Bantis Ioannis Zachos Irene Asouhidou Athanasios Pantazakos “Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer The Scientific World Journal |
| title | “Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer |
| title_full | “Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer |
| title_fullStr | “Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer |
| title_short | “Vanishing Penis” and Urinary Retention due to Locally Destructive Penile Cancer |
| title_sort | vanishing penis and urinary retention due to locally destructive penile cancer |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2009.14 |
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