title: Penile plaque as predictor of an advanced anorectal carcinoma: A case report.
abstract: The secondary involvement of the penis by tumors from others organs is a rare event representing only 0.8% of overall metastasis in the genitourinary tract. The most frequent clinical findings is priapism, but occasionally, solitary metastases to the penile skin, mucosa of the glans, corpus spongiosum or lesions of the albuginea mimicking an induratio penis have been reported. We report a case of penile plaque predicting the relapse of an anorectal carcinoma. The precise etiology of this particular manifestation is not well understood and the prognosis is poor. There are no individual treatments with curative intent.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Urology, Surgical Department, Macerata Hospital, Area Vasta 3, ASUR Marche. andreadoc1@libero.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filosa
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fioretti
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mammana
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors