title: Unreliability of sentinel lymph node biopsy for staging penile carcinoma.
abstract: We present a patient in whom unresectable lymph node metastases developed within 6 months of negative bilateral sentinel lymph node biopsies. The management of regional lymph nodes of patients with carcinoma of the penis is discussed.
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors