Penile metastases of rectal adenocarcinoma after abdominoperineal resection: a case report
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hicham El bouhaddouti; Omar Marghich; Yassine Dkhissi; Mohammed Alila
- Source
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2019)
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Colorectal cancer
lcsh:Medicine
Case Report
Penile metastasis
Adenocarcinoma
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Corpus spongiosum
Metastasis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surgical oncology
Biopsy
medicine
Rectal Adenocarcinoma
Humans
Rectal cancer
Penile Neoplasms
medicine.diagnostic_test
Rectal Neoplasms
Abdominoperineal resection
business.industry
lcsh:R
Palliative Care
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Corpus Spongiosum
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Radiology
business
Penis
- Language
- ISSN
- 1752-1947
Background Penile metastases are very rare and arise most frequently from genitourinary cancers. Penile metastases from rectal adenocarcinoma are less common. Case presentation We report the case of a 47-year-old North Afican man with penile metastases from a rectal adenocarcinoma, which was discovered 4 months after abdominoperineal resection. A penile biopsy was carried out and established the metastatic nature. He underwent palliative chemotherapy treatment. He was still alive 4 months after diagnosis of penile metastases. Conclusion The prognosis of metastasis to the penis is very poor; the best results have been achieved with surgery but only for lesions where metastasis is limited to the penis.