title: Melanoma of the glans penis and urethra.
abstract: Primary melanoma of the glans or male urethra is a rare malignant tumor with high mortality. We searched PubMed and found 129 articles reporting on 220 patients. All articles were case reports or case series. Median patient age was 65 years. Median survival was 28 months, with 5-year survival in approximately 10%. All patients who survived over 5 years had a localized disease (stage I/A) with invasion depth <3-3.5 mm. Wide local excision with sentinel lymph node biopsy is the treatment of choice for patients with localized disease. For advanced disease, the prognosis is poor.
authors: Department of Surgery, Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: dinopapes@gmail.com.
authors: Dino
authors: D
authors: Papeš
authors: Department of Surgery and Urology, Zabok General Hospital, Zabok, Croatia.
authors: Silvio
authors: S
authors: Altarac
authors: Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors: Nuhi
authors: N
authors: Arslani
authors: Department of Surgery and Urology, Zabok General Hospital, Zabok, Croatia.
authors: Zoran
authors: Z
authors: Rajković
authors: Department of Surgery, Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Anko
authors: A
authors: Antabak
authors: Department of Surgery, Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Marko
authors: M
authors: Ćaćić
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy