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Palliative Surgery for Rare Cases of Anterior Urethral Metastasis in Prostate Cancer
Author(s) -
Enrique GómezGómez,
José Aznar,
M. Rodríguez,
José Valero Rosa,
María José Requena Tapia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
case reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-696X
pISSN - 2090-6978
DOI - 10.1155/2014/584957
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , metastasis , penis , radiation therapy , cancer , erectile dysfunction , prostate , androgen deprivation therapy , distant metastasis , penile cancer , surgery , general surgery
Penis metastasis from prostate cancer is very rare, and its management varies from case to case as there are very few cases reported in the literature. We describe a patient with prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy who presented with urethral bleeding as a symptom of anterior urethral metastasis during followup. We propose a way to manage this and review the literature.

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