Penile metastasis of esophageal scamous cell carcinoma

Background Metastasis in penile corpus cavernosum from esophageal squamous carcinoma is a rare but fatal disease, which was reported in cases without series studies. Case presentation An 84-year-old male smoker, who had a history of curative resection of esophageal squamous carcinoma 12 months before, presented with aggressive dysuria and penis pain for 1 month. Ultrasonic guided biopsy diagnosed metastatic squamous carcinoma from the primary in the esophagus. The accurately modulated conformal radiotherapy and non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs achieved to alleviate the penis pain temporarily. But the disease progressed and disseminated in a short period. He died of multiple metastases and cancer cachexia in 4 months. Conclusions Primary esophageal cancer metastasis to penile corpus cavernosum refers to short onset time of metastasis, extensive dissemination, bad response to treatment and poor prognosis. Palliative therapy to patients with the disease could achieve temporary local symptom relief, but not prolong survival time. More research is necessary to understand the underlying mechanism of esophagheal metastasis.

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Metastasis in penile corpus cavernosum from esophageal squamous carcinoma after curative resection: a case report

Song¹,

Wang

Weng³

2019

BMC Cancer

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Penile metastasis of esophageal scamous cell carcinoma

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Metastasis in penile corpus cavernosum from esophageal squamous carcinoma after curative resection: a case report

Metastasis in penile corpus cavernosum from esophageal squamous carcinoma after curative resection: a case report

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