A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas

Schwannoma of the penis is extremely rare. This is the case of a young male who presented with pain on sexual intercourse, multiple lumps on the dorsal shaft of his penis, as well as a temporal headache. He was subsequently diagnosed with schwannoma affecting both his penile region and cauda equina....

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Main Authors: Luke Wang, Asiri Arachchi, Antonios Makris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Urology Annals
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Online Access:http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2016;volume=8;issue=2;spage=233;epage=235;aulast=Wang
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spelling doaj-afcc0ad21cf84f2f9ddd3604733bb6362020-11-25T00:21:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsUrology Annals0974-77960974-78342016-01-018223323510.4103/0974-7796.176870A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomasLuke WangAsiri ArachchiAntonios MakrisSchwannoma of the penis is extremely rare. This is the case of a young male who presented with pain on sexual intercourse, multiple lumps on the dorsal shaft of his penis, as well as a temporal headache. He was subsequently diagnosed with schwannoma affecting both his penile region and cauda equina. This clinical finding has not been previously described in the literature. Hence, its presentation is unique to our specialty.http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2016;volume=8;issue=2;spage=233;epage=235;aulast=WangPenis, schwannoma, spine, urology
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A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
Urology Annals
Penis, schwannoma, spine, urology
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Asiri Arachchi
Antonios Makris
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title A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
title_short A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
title_full A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
title_fullStr A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
title_sort rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Urology Annals
issn 0974-7796
0974-7834
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Schwannoma of the penis is extremely rare. This is the case of a young male who presented with pain on sexual intercourse, multiple lumps on the dorsal shaft of his penis, as well as a temporal headache. He was subsequently diagnosed with schwannoma affecting both his penile region and cauda equina. This clinical finding has not been previously described in the literature. Hence, its presentation is unique to our specialty.
topic Penis, schwannoma, spine, urology
url http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2016;volume=8;issue=2;spage=233;epage=235;aulast=Wang
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