An urologic face of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: sequential prostatic and penis localization.
We report a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in whom a leukemic involvement of prostate and penis occurred in the advanced phase of his disease. Obstructive urinary symptoms were indicative of prostatic CLL infiltration, followed by the occurrence of an ulcerative lesion on the glans. Histologic examination confirmed the neoplastic B-cell infiltration. Both localizations responded to conventional treatments. A review of the literature confirms that leukemic involvement of the genito-urinary system is uncommon in CLL patients. However, it should be considered in CLL patients with urologic symptoms and a long history of the disease.
Department of Onco-Hematology, IRCCS "Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata", Rionero in Vulture, Italy.
Giovanni
G
D'Arena
Roberto
R
Guariglia
Oreste
O
Villani
Maria Carmen
MC
Martorelli
Giuseppe
G
Pietrantuono
Giovanna
G
Mansueto
Giuseppe
G
Patitucci
Emilio
E
Imbriani
Tommaso
T
Masciandaro
Ludovica
L
Borgia
Giulia
G
Vita
Fiorella
F
D'Auria
Teodora
T
Statuto
Pellegrino
P
Musto