title: Microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma arising on lichen sclerosus of the penis.
abstract: The case of a 70-year-old white man with a 10-year history of penile lichen sclerosus (LS) who developed microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma on LS is described. A high incidence of penile cancer arising on genital LS has recently been observed. The authors stress the importance of an adequate diagnosis and long-term follow-up in patients with penile LS because of the malignant potential of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Dermatologica, Università di Catania, Piazza S Agata La Vetere 6, 95124 Catania, Italy. cldermct@nti.it
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Nasca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Panetta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Micali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Innocenzi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010413:Penis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery