1. Malignant degeneration within a fibroepithelial polyp of the glans penis: a case report and literature review
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Victoras Gourvas, Chrysovalantis Toutziaris, Spyridon Kampantais, Stavros Ioannidis, and Stefania Lymperi
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Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acrochordons ,Urology ,Degeneration (medical) ,Alphapapillomavirus ,Polyps ,Stroma ,Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial ,Submucosa ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Fibroepithelial Polyp ,Humans ,Penile Neoplasms ,Aged ,business.industry ,Papillomavirus Infections ,Glans penis ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Treatment Outcome ,Oncology ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,business ,Penis - Abstract
Introduction Fibroepithelial polyps (FEP) are benign mesodermal tumors that consist of a cone of fibrovascular stroma that emerges from the submucosa, covered by a layer of epithelium. Many synonyms have been used in the literature; among them, skin tags and acrochordons are the most frequently used. The FEPs are rarely formed in the glans penis, and their formation in this location is strongly associated with long-term condom catheter use. Hereby, we describe an additional case of an FEP of the glans penis associated with phimosis, and we report, for the first time, a malignant degeneration to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
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- 2012