Conservative Therapy in Two Cases of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Penis: Case Reports With Review of the Literature

The malignant lymphomas rarely occur in the genito-urinary tract and particularly penis lymphomas are extremely uncommon. Frequently they do not have any specific symptoms and the diagnosis is delayed even in presence of a penis node. In our hospital we observed two patients affected by Non-Hodgkin...

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Published in:World journal of oncology 2012-02, Vol.3 (1), p.37-38
Main Authors: Delicato, Giampaolo, Baffigo, Giulio, Bianchi, Daniele, Farullo, Giuseppe, Signore, Stefano, Tartaglia, Edoardo, Corvese, Francesco, Ferdinandi, Vincenzo
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Language:English
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Summary:The malignant lymphomas rarely occur in the genito-urinary tract and particularly penis lymphomas are extremely uncommon. Frequently they do not have any specific symptoms and the diagnosis is delayed even in presence of a penis node. In our hospital we observed two patients affected by Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), one of them with a primitive disease. Both cases were sexually active men who did not accept a radical surgery. A conservative polichemotherapy treatment by ciclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone has been proposed and performed for both cases and a complete resolution of disease was demonstrated. At the same time we assessed the erectile function by the IIEF score, before and after treatments.
ISSN:1920-4531
1920-454X
DOI:10.4021/wjon438w