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Cáncer de pene - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Cáncer peniano (cáncer del pene); Cáncer escamocelular del pene

Definición:

Es un tipo de cáncer que comienza en el pene, un órgano que hace parte del aparato reproductor masculino.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Se desconoce la causa exacta del cáncer de pene.

El esmegma, una sustancia maloliente, con apariencia de queso, que se encuentra por debajo del prepucio del pene, puede incrementar el riesgo de este tipo de cáncer.

Los hombres incircuncisos que no mantienen el área por debajo del prepucio limpia, así como los que tienen antecedentes de verrugas genitales o el virus del papiloma humano (VPH), están en mayor riesgo de sufrir este extraño trastorno.

Anatomía reproductiva masculina

Sistema reproductor masculino

Reviewed last on: 9/26/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Pettaway CA, Lynch DF, Davis JW. Tumors of the penis. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 31.

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