Open AccessMelanoma of the penis with scintigraphically-guided sentinel node biopsy
Author(s) -
William H. Tu,
Denise Johnson,
Harcharan Gill
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.70587
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , penis , penile cancer , lymph , dissection (medical) , biopsy , sentinel node , sentinel lymph node , radiology , surgery , cancer , pathology , breast cancer , cancer research
Melanoma of the penis is an uncommon cancer. We present the case of a 73-year-old male with penile melanoma and non palpable lymph nodes. Lymphoscintigraphy was applied to locate the sentinel lymph nodes for dissection. His lymph nodes were negative for melanoma and he has been disease-free for 1 year with careful surveillance.