title: [Epidermoid carcinoma of the penis with vertebral metastasis treated with decompression and anterior fixation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of epidermoid carcinoma of the penis with vertebral metastasis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A patient with epidermoid carcinoma of the penis underwent penile resection. One year postoperatively the patient presented with paraparesia and lumbar pain, and was diagnosed as having vertebral metastasis at L3. Surgical resection of the tumor was performed with resection of L3 and arthrodesis of L2-L4 via the anterior retroperitoneal approach. The anatomopathological findings were compatible with metastatic epidermoid carcinoma. The rarity of bony metastases from this tumor and the clinical course of the patient are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with lumbar pain and a previous history of malignant disease, metastasis should be suspected even in those tumors that are considered to have behave well.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Traumatología, Hospital de León, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Sastre Nuñez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Menéndez Díaz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérez Millán
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*