title: [Malignant melanoma of the penis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of malignant melanoma of the penis, a rare malignant neoplasm whose aggressive behaviour carries a poor prognosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 58-year-old male consulted for a pigmented elevated lesion in the balanopreputial sulcus. The biopsy was positive for melanoma. Complementary studies did not demonstrate disseminated disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Partial resection of the penis and bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy were performed. Histological analysis showed two positive nodes in the same lymphatic chain. Interferon was administered for 6 months. The patient remains disease-free at 35 months' follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although surgery is the treatment of choice, adjuvant therapy (chemotherapy and immunotherapy) should be considered in those patients without localized disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología H.U. Virgen de la Arrixaca Crta. Madrid-Cartagena s.n. C.P.: 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Bañón Pérez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Server Pastor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdelvira Nadal
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nicolás Torralba
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López Cubillana
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez Barba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Albacete
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery