Hernández-Castellanos VA, Morales-Montor JG, Cantellano-Orozco M, Fulda-Grague SD, Pérez-Becerra R, Urdiales-Ortiz A, Fernández-Noyola G, Martínez JÁ, Muñoz-Ibarra E, Pacheco-Gahbler C

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is a rare pathology in Europe and North America and represents 0.4-0.6% of all neoplasms. The presence and extension of lymph node metastases is the most important prognostic factor; therefore lymphadenectomy is an important part of treatment and is curative in up to 75% of cases. The patient presented here had penis-invading squamous cell carcinoma and underwent circumcision for localization and then videoendoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy.
Objective: To demonstrate technical aspects of videoendoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy in penile cancer.
Case presentation: Patient is a sixty-nine-year-old man whose disease began with vegetative-type tumoral lesion on dorsal prepuce for which wide-resection circumcision was carried out. Histopathological report showed invasive squamous cell carcinoma (T1, N0, M0, G2) and videoendoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy was then performed.
Conclusions: Videoendoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy is a safe and feasible technique in cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the penis that can reduce postoperative morbidity.

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