Localized primary melanoma of male urethra with a 4-year follow up

Abstract

The objective is to perform a case report of primary melanoma of urethra in a male patient from a Teaching Hospital in Campinas, SP - Brazil. Male, 79 years of age, with blackened lesion on the meatus of the urethra with 1.5 cm of dimension, that could be palpated on the fossa navicularis region associated to an irregular lesion on the region of and the foreskin. The biopsy showed a malignant neoplasia. A partial penectomy with oncological margin of 2 cm was performed with a bilateral deep inguinal linfadenectomy. A follow up showed no recurrence of the disease.

Keywords

• Melanoma
• Urethra
• Male