Carcinoma Epidermoide de Pene

Abstract

Penile cancer is a disease that may go unnoticed or be of little importance to their signs or early symptoms, causing misdiagnosis and extending the proper care and treatment. Risk factors such as low socioeconomic status, very poor hygiene habits, phimosis, and multiple sexual partners associated with sexually transmitted infections, especially human papillomavirus (HPV), contribute to the development of the disease. Penis epidermoid carcinoma can be cured by more than 80% of all cases, however, it is a life-threatening disease with a poor prognosis once metastatic spread has occurred. Local treatment can potentially lifesaving, but it is crippling and devastating for the psychological well-being of the patient; therefore behavior in patients with penile cancer requires early diagnosis and accurate staging before taking decisions. This case is about an elderly patient with a history of promiscuity, poor genital hygiene, socioeconomic environment under which attends consultation Urology tumor in glans of 4 years of evolution, biopsy is performed with histopathology reporting carcinoma epidermoid penis, and definitive treatment consisted of partial surgical removal of the member.