Occult distal urethral carcinoma presenting as metastatic carcinoma in the inguinal lymph nodes

Scand J Urol. 2015 Feb;49(1):79-80. doi: 10.3109/21681805.2014.967811. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man presented with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in the inguinal lymph nodes from an unknown primary tumour. The initial work-up lacked clinical examination of the glans penis, in part due to the patient having phimosis. More than a year after presentation, a primary tumour, located distally on the penis, was diagnosed. A discussion of urethral carcinoma as well as inguinal lymph-node metastasis of unknown primary tumour is presented.

Keywords: Lymph-node metastasis; unknown primary tumour; urethral carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
  • Groin
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary*
  • Urethral Neoplasms / pathology*