title: Ulcerative balanoposthitis of the foreskin as a manifestation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Ulcerative lesions of the penis have many possible etiologies, including infectious, neoplastic, traumatic, drug-induced, and autoimmune. Although the most frequent neoplasm presenting as an ulcerative penile lesion is squamous cell carcinoma, it may rarely be a manifestation of other malignancies, including those of hematolymphoid origin. We report a case of ulcerative balanoposthitis as a manifestation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other hematolymphoid malignancies should be considered in the large differential diagnosis of nonhealing penile ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gatto-Weis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Topolsky
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sloane
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Fyfe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001446:Balanitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*