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Carcinoma of Skin of Penis
Author(s) -
I.B.ONUIGBO W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1985.tb06312.x
Subject(s) - glans penis , penis , glans , medicine , carcinoma , squamous carcinoma , penile carcinoma , urology , surgery , penile cancer
Like the Jews, the Ibos or lgbos o Nigeria ritually circumcise males on the eighth day o birth. A retrospective review of approximately 15,000 surgical specimens collected from this ethnic group over a period of 13 years revealed 32 cases of carcinoma of the prostate but only 4 cases of penile carcinoma. One tumour arose on the glans penis. This localisation pattern suggests that, in circumcised males, smegma‐induced squamous carcinoma of the glans can be abolished but not the ordinary squamous carcinoma that can develop by chance on the rest of the penis as well as on the glans. International urology would benefit from careful documentation of squamous carcinoma affecting various parts of the neonatally circumcised penile skin.