Eguíluz Lumbreras Pablo, Palacios Hernández Alberto, Heredero Zorzo Oscar, Cañada de Arriba Florencio, García García Javier, Gómez Zancajo Victoriano Ramón, Urrutia Avisrror Manuel
Servicio y Cátedra de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
Arch Esp Urol. 2009 Apr;62(3):239-42. doi: 10.4321/s0004-06142009000300013.
We report a rare case of malignant priapism secondary to transitional cell carcinoma.
The patient with bladder cancer (pT4G3) presented with painful penile erection. Corpora cavernosa biopsy was done.
The pathologic diagnosis was penile metastasis of transitional cell carcinoma.
Priapism secondary to penile metastasis of transitional cell carcinoma is rare and indicates advanced disease with a poor prognosis.