A rare case of male pelvic squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary origin presenting as perineal abscess and urethral stenosis


Submitted: January 21, 2017
Accepted: February 18, 2017
Published: June 30, 2017
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  • Massimiliano Creta Unità Operativa di Urologia, Ospedale Buon Consiglio - Fatebenefratelli, Napoli, Italy.
  • Vincenzo Mirone Clinica Urologica, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
  • Sergio Di Meo Unità Operativa di Urologia, Ospedale Buon Consiglio - Fatebenefratelli, Napoli, Italy.
  • Roberto Buonopane Unità Operativa di Urologia, Ospedale Buon Consiglio - Fatebenefratelli, Napoli, Italy.
  • Nicola Longo Clinica Urologica, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
  • Ferdinando Fusco Clinica Urologica, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
  • Nicola Rosario Forte Unità Operativa di Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Benevento, Italy.
  • Vittorio Imperatore Unità Operativa di Urologia, Ospedale Buon Consiglio - Fatebenefratelli, Napoli, Italy.
Carcinomas of unknown primary origin (CUP) represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Squamous cell CUP located in the male pelvis are very rare. We describe a case of a locally advanced squamous cell CUP occurring in the male pelvis presenting as perineal abscess and urethral stenosis and diagnosed by means of transperineal needle biopsy.

Creta, M., Mirone, V., Di Meo, S., Buonopane, R., Longo, N., Fusco, F., Forte, N. R., & Imperatore, V. (2017). A rare case of male pelvic squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary origin presenting as perineal abscess and urethral stenosis. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 89(2), 154–155. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.2.154

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