BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Paget's disease (PD) is a rare intraepithelial adenocarcinoma, which is composed of mammary (MPD) and extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD). Currently, the published literature contains scant data on expression pattern of steroid hormone receptors in MPD and EMPD. METHODS Expression of estrogen receptor (ER) and androgen receptor (AR) was evaluated in 88 MPD and 72 EMP...

a 14 year old boy suffering from marked penoscrotal lymphedema is reported. reduction scrotoplasty was done and the neoscrotum was made by combining the anterior suprapubic and posterior scrotal v-shaped flaps. a split-thickness skin graft from the thigh was placed over the denuded penis. no complication was encountered and the cosmetic result was satisfactory

A 14 year old boy suffering from marked penoscrotal lymphedema is reported. Reduction scrotoplasty was done and the neoscrotum was made by combining the anterior suprapubic and posterior scrotal V-shaped flaps. A split-thickness skin graft from the thigh was placed over the denuded penis. No complication was encountered and the cosmetic result was satisfactory

Materials & Methods: From January 2003 to January 2008, 20 patients with concealed penis were operated upon. the mean age was 6 years and 8 months. There were 10 patients with buried penis, 7 patients with trapped penis, and 3 patients had webbed penis. The common surgical policy in most of our cases included complete penile degloving, excising the scarring due to previous surgery, fixing the p...

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is characterized by erythematous, sharply demarcated papules and plaques covered by scales. Extramammary Paget disease (EMPD) is a uncommon neoplastic condition of apocrine gland-bearing skin and its occurrence in combination with psoriasis is very rare. We report an interesting case of a 61-year-old male with extensive psoriasis presented w...

INTRODUCTION Strangulation of the penis and scrotum by a constricting object has been rarely reported. AIM To describe a man with penoscrotal strangulation caused by a steel ring and its successful removal. METHODS A 28-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 7-hour history of a steel ring lodged at the base of his penis and scrotum. Removal was accomplished with the assis...

PURPOSE This article describes a novel technique for the repair of penile urethral strictures and establishes the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of this innovative surgical approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with urethral strictures underwent a one-sided anterior dorsal oral mucosal graft urethroplasty through a penoscrotal inversion technique. The clinical outcome was considered a f...

To report the surgical management, complications and prognosis of patients with penoscrotal extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) at different clinical stages. Between 2003 and 2008, a total of 30 male patients with penoscrotal EMPD were enrolled and evaluated. All enrolled subjects received frozen biopsy-guided local wide resection and immediate reconstruction. Patients were followed every 3 mon...