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Penile metastases of rectal adenocarcinoma after abdominoperineal resection: a case report

Article scientifique 2019 Anglais

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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.

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Marghich, O., Dkhissi, Y., Alila, M., Bouhaddouti, H. (2019). Penile metastases of rectal adenocarcinoma after abdominoperineal resection: a case report. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2147-z

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Omar Marghich Yassine Dkhissi Mohammed Alila Hicham El Bouhaddouti

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