2005
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000159207.91737.53
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Melanoma of the Penis, Scrotum and Male Urethra: A 40-Year Single Institution Experience

Abstract: Partial penectomy or WLE provided effective local control for low stage penile or urethral melanomas and all scrotal lesions. Patients showing clinically positive, proven metastasis died despite appropriate surgical procedures and multi-agent chemotherapy. Prophylactic modified inguinal lymphadenectomy should be considered in select patients with penile, scrotal and anterior urethral melanoma.

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“…Some authors suggest that primary scrotal melanoma may have a more favourable prognosis than the other genitourinary malignancies [5]. We feel that this may be true for those tumours which present as small pigmented macules or papules, but those which present as large, exophytic, ulcerative masses have a poor prognosis, as in our patient, who died from the disease within 1 month of the diagnosis [7][8].…”
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confidence: 59%
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“…Some authors suggest that primary scrotal melanoma may have a more favourable prognosis than the other genitourinary malignancies [5]. We feel that this may be true for those tumours which present as small pigmented macules or papules, but those which present as large, exophytic, ulcerative masses have a poor prognosis, as in our patient, who died from the disease within 1 month of the diagnosis [7][8].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 59%
“…This major risk factor for the development of malignant melanoma did not apply to our patient since the affected site was not sun-exposed. The commonest presentation of melanoma of the scrotum which had been reported earlier was a pigmented macule or a papule [5]. At times, the lesion presents as a pigmented exophytic mass with ulceration, satellite lesions and palpable inguinal lymphadenopathy, as was seen in our patient [6][7].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…The largest series reported of scrotal melanoma was from a single institution with 11 cases over 40 years, published by Sánchez-Ortiz et al [4] in 2005. In this series the mean age at diagnosis was 57 years, most patients presented as a hyperpigmented, non-ulcerated lesion, with 4.6 mm thickness in the deepest tumor, quite below the 11 mm infiltration in our patient.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is considered that the scrotal melanoma has better prognosis than other genital melanomas, but the survival rate after surgery varies greatly, from 1-2 to 48 months in those with nodal metastasis [4][5][6].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La clasificació n de Breslow en estos melanomas es insuficiente, dada la mayor agresividad de esta enfermedad respecto a los melanomas cutá neos, por lo que en la prá ctica clínica se clasifican en: estadio I-II para la enfermedad localizada; estadio III si hay afectació n linfá tica regional (inguinal), y estadio IV para la enfermedad metastá sica 2 . Con respecto al tratamiento, só lo los estadios I-III son potencialmente curables, mediante cirugía lo má s agresiva posible (penectomía total o parcial, con linfadenectomía si hay afectació n ganglionar), con má rgenes quirú rgicos microscó picos de al menos 2 cm libres de enfermedad, puesto que la uretrectomía parcial está asociada con un riesgo de recurrencia local del 50-70% en el primer añ o 3 . Sin embargo, este objetivo es difícil de alcanzar en los melanomas de uretra masculina, dado lo traumá tico de la amputació n. Las té cnicas de exenteració n se reservan para pacientes con objetivo paliativo 4 .…”
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