The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma

The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma

Penile metastasis of renal cell carcinoma is a rare occurrence. We report a case in a 44-year-old man who presented with malignant priapism as the first sign of recurrence of renal cell carcinoma. Although invasive procedures have a limited role in survival benefits, we performed a total penectomy t...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Ling Lee, Borcherng Su, Hann-Chorng Kuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Urological Science
Subjects:
metastasis
penis
priapism
renal cell carcinoma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879522614000050
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spelling doaj-c84fe7ab7d7147c784cc41623d8918e52020-11-24T23:53:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsUrological Science1879-52262014-12-0125415215410.1016/j.urols.2014.01.001The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinomaCheng-Ling Lee0Borcherng Su1Hann-Chorng Kuo2Department of Urology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, TaiwanDepartment of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, TaiwanDepartment of Urology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, TaiwanPenile metastasis of renal cell carcinoma is a rare occurrence. We report a case in a 44-year-old man who presented with malignant priapism as the first sign of recurrence of renal cell carcinoma. Although invasive procedures have a limited role in survival benefits, we performed a total penectomy to alleviate pain and provide a better quality of life.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879522614000050metastasispenispriapismrenal cell carcinoma
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Borcherng Su
Hann-Chorng Kuo
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Borcherng Su
Hann-Chorng Kuo
The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
Urological Science
metastasis
penis
priapism
renal cell carcinoma
author_facet Cheng-Ling Lee
Borcherng Su
Hann-Chorng Kuo
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title The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
title_short The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
title_full The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
title_fullStr The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed The dreadful and the deadly erection—Malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
title_sort dreadful and the deadly erection—malignant priapism from renal cell carcinoma
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Urological Science
issn 1879-5226
publishDate 2014-12-01
description Penile metastasis of renal cell carcinoma is a rare occurrence. We report a case in a 44-year-old man who presented with malignant priapism as the first sign of recurrence of renal cell carcinoma. Although invasive procedures have a limited role in survival benefits, we performed a total penectomy to alleviate pain and provide a better quality of life.
topic metastasis
penis
priapism
renal cell carcinoma
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879522614000050
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