title: Giant cell fibroblastoma of the penis.
abstract: Giant cell fibroblastoma (GCF) is an uncommon fibroblastic tumor of childhood. Appearing as superficial, poorly circumscribed masses, they are characterized histologically by a mixture of cellular and angiectoid areas with empty cleft-like spaces, lined by spindle-shaped and multinucleated giant cells. We present a case of an 11-month-old boy with penile GCF treated with local excision. The patient presented with a recurrent penile mass 1 year later and underwent repeat excision. Pathologic examination confirmed recurrent GCF. GCF is a benign, but locally recurrent tumor, as demonstrated by our case. To our knowledge, no cases of penile involvement have been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. wool@ccf.org
authors.forename: Lynn L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery