Sarcomatoid carcinoma of penis with bilateral inguinal metastases-a case report and review of literature

Autor:	Vasu Reddy Challa, Krishnamurthy Swamyvelu, Usha Amirtham, Prashanth Shivappa
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Penectomy business.industry Case Report medicine.disease Malignancy Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Cardiothoracic surgery Carcinosarcoma medicine Histopathology Sarcomatoid carcinoma business Glans Penis
Zdroj:	The Indian journal of surgery. 76(4)
ISSN:	0972-2068
Popis:	Sarcomatoid carcinoma or carcinosarcoma of the penis is a rare entity with 36 cases reported in the literature. A 61-year-old male presented with swelling in the glans and shaft of the penis with bilateral inguinal lymph node metastases. He underwent total penectomy with bilateral inguinal block dissection. Histopathology revealed sarcomatoid carcinoma of the Penis with bilateral inguinal lymph node metastases. The patient later developed bilateral lung metastases in 6 months and was succumbed to death. Sarcomatoid carcinoma or carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis.
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