Leiomyoma of the Prepuce

Leoni, S.; Prandi, Sonia; Mora, Andrea

doi:10.1159/000473324

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“…Subsequently, Dehner & Smith [1], in 1970 published a clinicopathologic study of 46 cases of soft tissue tumours of the penis (24 benign, 22 malignant), which included 3 cases of leiomyoma located on the prepuce, frenulum and glans respectively. Following this, other cases were reported by Belis [4], Leoni [5], Stehr [6], Bartoletti [2], and Liu [7], almost all occurring on or near the glans and corona glandis; these cases account for 9 reported cases in the medical literature so far [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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“…They commonly involve the glans and corona (6 out of 9 cases reported) while leiomyosarcoma tends to occur on the shaft [1]. These lesions tend to be small (1.0 cm diameter), rubbery in consistency with light yellow to white cut surfaces [5]. Careful pathological analyses to identify pleomorphic, hyperchromatic and mitotic characteristics of malignancy, together with immunohistochemical techniques to provide evidence of actin or vimentin molecules within the tumor cells, are of value in differentiating leiomyoma from leiomyosarcoma [2,4].…”

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Leiomyoma on the shaft of penis

Siddharth

Mehra

2010

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AbstractPrimary soft tissue tumours of the penis, such as leiomyomas, are very rare. Most present as small and painless but gradually increasing swellings on the penis. To the best of our knowledge, only 9 cases have been reported in the literature so far. This rare pathologic finding, which usually mimics a malignant lesion, should be included in the differential diagnosis of penile neoplasm. Surgical excision of the lesion provides both the histological diagnosis and an effective therapy. We report a case of a large leiomyoma on the shaft of the penis measuring 8x5 cm, which possibly represents the largest reported leiomyoma of the penis in English literature till date.

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