Full thickness penile skin necrosis following HIPEC: Case report and literature review

Madeleine L Burg; Jonathan Yamzon; Wai-Yee Li

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101430

Full thickness penile skin necrosis following HIPEC: Case report and literature review

Urol Case Rep. 2020 Oct 6:34:101430. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101430. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Madeleine L Burg¹, Jonathan Yamzon², Wai-Yee Li³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Urology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Ave., Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
² Division of Urology, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
³ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.

Abstract

Heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is commonly performed at the time of tumor resection for metastatic intraabdominal tumors. Post operative complications, such as superficial wound infections or bowel leaks are common. They are largely thought to be secondary to poor wound healing due to chemotherapy-associated neutropenia. Scrotal eschars resulting in full-thickness skin necrosis have rarely been reported as a delayed complication after HIPEC. Here, we present the first case report of penile full-thickness skin necrosis after abdominal cytoreduction with HIPEC combined with ventral hernia repair and mesh placement.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; HIPEC; Oncology; Penile necrosis; Plastic surgery; Urology.

Publication types

Case Reports