[Metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma in the corpora cavernosum of the penis. Case report and bibliographic review].
OBJECTIVE
We describe a rare case, the metastasis of a renal clear cell carcinoma in the corpora cavernosum of the penis.


METHODS
53-year-old patient presenting with a painful, hard tumor in the penis three months after right radical nephrectomy with cavotomy and thrombus excision.


CONCLUSIONS
Imaging tests and biopsy led to the diagnosis of metastasis of a renal carcinoma in the corpus cavernosum, which was confirmed on the pathologic study of the specimen after penectomy. The appearance of renal carcinoma metastases in the penis is generally associated with advanced tumor stage, therefore associated with bad prognosis as in the reported case.
Romero Selas
Estefanía
E
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, España. eromeroselas@yahoo.es
Lamas Meilán
C
C
Barbagelata López
Alfonso
A
Ponce Díaz-Reixa
José Luis
JL
Fernández Rosado
Enrique
E
Alvarez Castelo
Luis
L
Rey Fraga
Dolores
D
Montes Coucedo
Manuel
M
Ruibal Moldes
Manuel
M
Novás Castro
S
S
Chantada Abal
Venancio
V
González Martín
Marcelino
M
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*