Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion

A case of left sided malignant pleural effusion is described in a 41-year-old male, his initial workup for primary site of malignancy was unknown but later found to have hidden squamous cell carcinoma of penis which is one of the rarest site of malignancy that metastasise to pleura. Penile carcinom...

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Main Authors: Ramakant Dixit, Mukesh Goya, Kamendra Singh Pawar, Neena Kasliwal, Shreya Agarwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-10-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
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Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1384
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spelling doaj-2d15f4a8b61c45a694d5bcdc732645352020-11-25T02:50:42ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642020-10-0190410.4081/monaldi.2020.1384Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusionRamakant Dixit0Mukesh Goya1Kamendra Singh Pawar2Neena Kasliwal3Shreya Agarwal4Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AjmerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AjmerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, IndoreDepartment of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AjmerDepartment of Pathology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur A case of left sided malignant pleural effusion is described in a 41-year-old male, his initial workup for primary site of malignancy was unknown but later found to have hidden squamous cell carcinoma of penis which is one of the rarest site of malignancy that metastasise to pleura. Penile carcinoma manifesting with pleural metastasis and pleural effusion as initial presentation has not been reported previously. https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1384Malignant pleural effusioncarcinoma penisoccult carcinoma
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author Ramakant Dixit
Mukesh Goya
Kamendra Singh Pawar
Neena Kasliwal
Shreya Agarwal
spellingShingle Ramakant Dixit
Mukesh Goya
Kamendra Singh Pawar
Neena Kasliwal
Shreya Agarwal
Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Malignant pleural effusion
carcinoma penis
occult carcinoma
author_facet Ramakant Dixit
Mukesh Goya
Kamendra Singh Pawar
Neena Kasliwal
Shreya Agarwal
author_sort Ramakant Dixit
title Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
title_short Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
title_full Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
title_fullStr Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
title_full_unstemmed Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
title_sort occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
issn 1122-0643
2532-5264
publishDate 2020-10-01
description A case of left sided malignant pleural effusion is described in a 41-year-old male, his initial workup for primary site of malignancy was unknown but later found to have hidden squamous cell carcinoma of penis which is one of the rarest site of malignancy that metastasise to pleura. Penile carcinoma manifesting with pleural metastasis and pleural effusion as initial presentation has not been reported previously.
topic Malignant pleural effusion
carcinoma penis
occult carcinoma
url https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1384
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