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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
GONZALEZ MARSHALL, Raiza; URGELLES CARRERAS, Sara Amneris and REYES GUERRERO, Enrique. Metastasis in the penis of an adenocarcinoma of the colon. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2021, vol.50, n.3 Epub Sep 01, 2021. ISSN 1561-3046.
Introduction:
Among the malignant lesions described is penile cancer. This entity constitutes 2% to 5% of male urogenital tumors, and metastatic lesion is very rare.
Objectives:
To describe the clinical characteristics and torpid evolution of a patient with metastases in the penis from colon neoplasia.
Clinical case:
54-year-old patient, personal health history. Smoker, history of benign prostatic hyperplasia and chronic prostatitis, which begins with pain in the lower abdomen and abdominal tumor, intra-abdominal plastron is diagnosed and is surgically intervened with a biopsy of the lesion that reports colon adenocarcinoma. At 7 days of evolution, lesions appeared on the glans that resulted in metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma. He dies from complications of the disease within six months.
Conclusions:
Colonic neoplasm metastases in the penis are infrequent, they indicate an advanced stage of the disease, with an unfavorable prognosis.
Keywords : penile neoplasm; colonic neoplasm; neoplasm metastasis.