Primary Desmoplastic Melanoma of the Penis

Julia T Chu; Michael A Liss; William W Wu; Atreya Dash; Di Lu

doi:10.1155/2015/706572

Primary Desmoplastic Melanoma of the Penis

Case Rep Urol. 2015:2015:706572. doi: 10.1155/2015/706572. Epub 2015 Nov 3.

Authors

Julia T Chu¹, Michael A Liss², William W Wu³, Atreya Dash⁴, Di Lu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
² Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA.
⁴ Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Abstract

Desmoplastic melanomas are rare amelanotic melanomas that usually occur on skin with sun exposure. In this report, we present a 72-year-old man who presented with a desmoplastic melanoma of the penis. To our knowledge this represents the first reported case of primary desmoplastic melanoma of the penis. We discuss the pathologic differential and histologic evaluation.