Epidermoid cyst of the coronal sulcus mimicking penile cancer: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Giuseppe Carrieri¹  Antonio Traficante²  Pantaleo Bufo³  Livia Fucci⁴  Paolo Massenio¹  Francesca Sanguedolce³  Vito Mancini¹  Luigi Cormio¹ 

[1] Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, University of Foggia, Viale Luigi Pinto 1, 71121 Foggia, Italy;Department of Urology, Di Venere Hospital, Piazza Ospedale di Venere 1, 70012 Bari-Carbonara, Italy;Department of Pathology, University of Foggia, Viale Luigi Pinto 1, 71121 Foggia, Italy;Department of Pathology, Di Venere Hospital, Piazza Ospedale di Venere 1, 70012 Bari-Carbonara, Italy

关键词: Surgery;    Penile cancer;    Epidermoid cyst;   

Others  :  814417
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-8-179

 received in 2014-03-25, accepted in 2014-05-06,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Epidermoid cysts represent common benign tumors occurring anywhere in the body but very rarely in the penis. Only a few cases of penile localization have been reported in the literature so far, most of them being congenital and/or idiopathic, usually presenting in children as slow-growing, solitary, well-delimited cystic lesions. Here, we describe the case of a patient with a penile epidermoid cyst presenting as an ulcerated lesion of the coronal sulcus, thus mimicking penile cancer.

Case presentation

A 36-year-old Caucasian man presented with a three-month history of a rapidly growing asymptomatic ulcerated lesion in the ventral portion of the penile coronal sulcus. At surgical exploration, the area under the ulcerated lesion had a well-demarcated cystic shape; following its wide excision, an intraoperative histological examination revealed an epidermoid cyst. No recurrence had occurred at nine years of follow-up.

Conclusions

Rare benign tumors of the penis, like the described epidermoid cyst, may mimic cancer. Nevertheless, penile ulcerated lesions should always be surgically explored as wide excision and intraoperative histological examination remain the only means of obtaining a precise disease definition and, consequently, administering the appropriate treatment.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Cormio et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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