title: Penile basal cell carcinoma with eccrine differentiation.
abstract: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is rare on the penis. There have been only 17 cases of penile BCC reported in the literature. Eccrine differentiation may not be uncommon in BCC but has not been reported in penile BCC. We report here a 75-year-old man with multiple penile BCC with histological features of eccrine differentiation. A brief review of the literature is included. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most commonly diagnosed malignant skin tumour; it probably originates from pluripotential cells in the epidermis or hair follicle. More than 90% of BCCs are located on the head or neck, and its occurrence on the penis is rare. Seventeen cases of penile BCC have been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*