Relevance of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for penile metastasis after prostatectomy: uncommon case report and brief review of the literature.
Penile metastasis from prostate cancer represents a rare condition, associated with poor prognosis. In the literature, authors have reported less than 500 cases of secondary penile cancers, and among these cases of metastases, only 33% are from prostate cancer. Overall reported rate of survival is about 1-24 months. Here, we present an uncommon case of penile metastasis from prostatic adenocarcinoma, with particular focus on the role of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis and follow-up.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Valeria
V
Fiaschetti
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Valeria
V
Liberto
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Giulia
G
Claroni
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Giorgio
G
Loreni
Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo
V
Formica
Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Mario
M
Roselli
Department of Anatomic Pathology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro
A
Mauriello
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Roberto
R
Floris
diagnostic imaging; metastasis; penis; prostate cancer