Fibroepithelial polyps are rare benign tumours of the glans penis; there are only a few reported cases. The pathogenesis is unknown. However, they have been linked with chronic condom catheter use or prior penile surgery. We report a case of a 62-year-old man with a large fibroepithelial polyp of the glans penis of 11 years duration, which was not associated with condom catheter use or prior su...

© 2010 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0808 Journal Compilation © 2010 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Sir, Pseudoepitheliomatous keratotic and micaceous balanitis (PKMB) is a condition that occurs on the glans penis of older men and may be associated with the development of a verrucous carcinoma. The exact aetiology of PKMB is largely unknown. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection...

A male, aged about 40 years, employed as a ' line' chowkidar, was admitted into the hospital on the 7th September, 1936, with the following symptoms :? Frequency of micturition for one year, the quantity passed on each occasion being very small and pain and irritability of the glans penis. These symptoms had become much worse during the past four or five days. There was a slight muco-purulent d...

Metastasis to the glans penis is a rare phenomenon and usually occurs in a late stage of disease. A 68-year-old man was referred to our clinic because of two indurated lesions of the glans penis and minor lower urinary tract symptoms. Digital rectal examination revealed a hard nodular prostate, and serum prostate-specific antigen (sPSA) level was 13.3 ng/mL. Biopsies of the penile lesions and t...

We herein present a rare case of polypoid "pseudosarcomatous lesion" of the glans penis, associated with in situ or mini-invasive squamous carcinoma. These lesions, described by Lane, in the upper aerodigestive tract, can rarely occur elsewhere. Immunohistochemistry is crucial for a correct diagnostic interpretation, confirming that the aytpical cells are components (fibroblasts, myofibroblasts...

CASE REPORT The 76 year-old uncircumcised male noticed an asymptomatic pea-sized erythematous patch on his glans penis 9 months ago. He received some topical medication over the lesion from the local clinics but there was no improvement. The lesion progressed in size gradually. He visited local hospital 2 months ago and an incisional biopsy was performed. The pathological result revealed erythr...

An eruption is called 'fixed' if it recurs at the same site after re-exposure to the drug which precipitated the previous lesion. The eruption is commonly erythematous and sharply defined but may be bullous, herpetiform, or urticarial, and can be solitary or widely scattered. The commonest target areas are the trunk and the proximal portions of the limbs and the mouth, eyes, and urethra may som...

BACKGROUND The penis is an unusual site of presentation for Kaposi sarcoma, especially in immunocompetent patients. CASE PRESENTATION A 52-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seronegative man presented with a reddish, 8 mm in diameter nodule on the glans penis near the coronal sulcus. Histopathology after excision of the lesion was consistent with Kaposi sarcoma. No other cutaneous or...

We present the case of a patient with malignant melanoma of the glans penis and urethral meatus, which was found in a 60-year-old man with non-healing ulcerative penile lesion and bilateral clinically palpable inguinal lymphadenopathies at diagnosis. A diagnostic biopsy showed the characteristics of a malignant melanoma. Incisional biopsies from the cutaneous lesions on his glans penis and uret...