[Penis carcinoma in a young chimney sweep. Case report 200 years following the description of the first occupational disease].
We report on a 32-year-old patient who, following exposure to soot over a total of 78 weeks as a professional chimney sweep, developed squamous cell carcinoma of the penis. Since the epoch-making description of occupational cancer of the scrotum by Percivall Pott in 1775, soot-related cancer of the scrotum and penis has become anecdotal. As our patient presented with inguinal lymph node metastases, a wide circumcision was performed, followed by preoperative chemotherapy and bilaterial lymphadenectomy. The patient has been free of disease for over 9 years with no functional loss.
Gerber
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Institut für Klinische Pathologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
von Hochstetter
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Schüler
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Hofmann
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Rosenthal
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D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
D006838:Hydrocarbons