The current operations of choice in penile reconstruction are glansectomy and skin grafting to fashion a neoglans in penile cancer and the Nesbit operation or saphenous grafting for Peyronie's disease.
Genitourinary melanoma accounts for 0.1-0.2% of melanoma, the scrotum being its rarest location. We report about an 85-year-old patient who was referred to our outpatient clinic due to the presence of a scrotum black papule for 20 months. Wide local excision was performed, and histology revealed a malignant melanoma. Chest and abdominal CT revealed metastatic disease, so chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiotherapy were administered. We describe the evolution over 1 year in this unusual location, as well as complications and the currently available therapeutic options to cure this disease.
Resumen.-La aparición de síntomas urinarios postbraquiterapia es un hecho muy frecuente, que alcanza su máximo entre el primer y tercer mes postimplante, normalizándose alrededor del año. La incidencia de retención urinaria postimplante oscila entre el 1.5 y el 27%. Un porcentaje bajo de pacientes (0-8.7%) necesitará una cirugía desobstructiva para resolver una retención urinaria prolongada o síntomas obstructivos severos. Los alfabloqueantes pueden ser útiles para aliviar los síntomas urinarios postimplante, aunque no reducen la necesidad de cirugía posterior. Existen varios factores clínicos predictivos de aparición de complicaciones urinarias. Un paciente con puntuación IPSS preimplante alta, próstata de gran tamaño, con signos funcionales
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