PMID: 22555046May 5, 2012Paper

Video-assisted left inguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer

International Braz J Urol : Official Journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
Cesar Araujo BrittoPedro Sales Lima de Carvalho

Abstract

Penile cancer is a rare disease, most commonly encountered in developing countries. It constitutes 0.4% of cancers in U.S. men and 2.1% in Brazil, with the highest prevalence in the North and Northeast regions. Inguinal lymph node metastasis of penile cancer occurs in 20 to 40% of patients and is an important predictor of cancer-specific mortality. The preferred diagnostic and therapeutic tool to assess the regional lymph nodes is a lymphadenectomy which can, in addition to establishing staging, offers curative potential. A 44 years old man, previously to underwent a partial penectomy for penile cancer, whose pathology showed a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with neural and angiolymphatic invasion and negative surgical margins. The pathologic stage of the primary tumor was pT3NxMx. Following a one month course of oral antibiotics, the patient underwent a video-assisted bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy. In the present video, we highlight the left video-assisted inguinal lymphadenectomy. Seventeen lymph nodes were dissected on the left side, two of them positive for cancer without extracapsular extension. On the right side, fourteen lymph nodes were dissected and one was positive for cancer with extracapsular...Continue Reading

Citations

Sep 12, 2012·Environmental Science & Technology·Irem DaloğluDonald Scavia
Jun 19, 2013·Actas urologicas españolas·M Alvarez-MaestroF J Sanchez Gomez
May 25, 2013·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Hellen KuasneIlce Mara de Syllos Cólus
Dec 4, 2012·Current Opinion in Urology·Sandip M Prasad, Arieh L Shalhav

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