Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Penis:
A Case Report
Published: January 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.3808
Lawrence D’Cruze, Boobala A., Subalakshmi Balasubramanian, Swaminathan Rajendiran, Leena Dennis Joseph
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai - 600116.
2. Post Graduate Student, Department of Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai - 600116.
3. Post Graduate Student, Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai - 600116.
4. Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai - 600116.
5. Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai - 600116.
Correspondence
Dr. Lawrence D’Cruze,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology,
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai-600116, India.
Phone: 9940265024, E-mail: lawrencedcruze@yahoo.com
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the penis is a very rare tumour. Only 46 cases have been reported in the English medical literature. We are presenting this case of a 59-year-old patient with a ulceroproliferative growth in his penis. Histopathology was a high grade spindle cell sarcoma, which was proved by immunohistochemistry to be a leiomyosarcoma.
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