Melanoma of the penis with scintigraphically-guided sentinel node biopsy

Abstract

Melanoma of the penis is an uncommon cancer. We present the case of a 73-year-old male with penile melanoma and non palpable lymph nodes. Lymphoscintigraphy was applied to locate the sentinel lymph nodes for dissection. His lymph nodes were negative for melanoma and he has been disease-free for 1 year with careful surveillance.

Keywords

• Melanoma
• sentinel lymph node
• penis