Localized primary melanoma of male urethra with a 4-year follow up

C R T Burity; S B Linica; R D Saade; F T Ferreira; L Schultz; E S Bezerra; H C Franco; R A Oliveira; M V S Costa

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101702

Localized primary melanoma of male urethra with a 4-year follow up

Urol Case Rep. 2021 May 10:37:101702. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101702. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

C R T Burity¹, S B Linica², R D Saade³, F T Ferreira⁴, L Schultz⁵, E S Bezerra⁶, H C Franco⁷, R A Oliveira⁷, M V S Costa²

Affiliations

¹ Dr. Mário Gatti Municipal Hospital, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Advanced General Surgery, Santa Bárbara Hospital - São Leopoldo Mandic Medical School, Santa Bárbara D'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Preceptor of the Medical Residency in Urology, Dr. Mário Gatti Municipal Hospital, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Chair Man of the Medical Residency in Urology - Dr. Mário Gatti Municipal Hospital. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Anatomophatology Institute (IAP), Santa Bárbara D'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Chair Man of the Medical Residency in Advanced General Surgery, Santa Bárbara Hospital - São Leopoldo Mandic Medical School, Santa Bárbara D'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ São Leopoldo Mandic Medical School, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

The objective is to perform a case report of primary melanoma of urethra in a male patient from a Teaching Hospital in Campinas, SP - Brazil. Male, 79 years of age, with blackened lesion on the meatus of the urethra with 1.5 cm of dimension, that could be palpated on the fossa navicularis region associated to an irregular lesion on the region of and the foreskin. The biopsy showed a malignant neoplasia. A partial penectomy with oncological margin of 2 cm was performed with a bilateral deep inguinal linfadenectomy. A follow up showed no recurrence of the disease.

Keywords: Male; Melanoma; Urethra.

Publication types

Case Reports