title: Penile verrucous carcinoma in a 37-year-old circumcised man.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is almost exclusively a lesion of uncircumcised older men. It represents about 1% of cancers in men in the United States and 11% to 12% of all cancers in men in countries where circumcision is not routinely practiced. Verrucous carcinoma is an uncommon variant that accounts for only 5% to 16% of all penile squamous cell carcinomas. We describe penile verrucous carcinoma in a 37-year-old white man who had been circumcised in infancy. To our knowledge this is the first case report of verrucous carcinoma in a circumcised man without any predisposing penile anatomic abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118-2145, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kanik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wax
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhawan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery