BASAL-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE PENIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Basal cell carcinoma of the skin is the most common tumor in humans bu t occurrence in the penis is extremely rare. We report the sixteenth c ase of basal cell carcinoma of the penis. This lesion was successfully treated with simple local excision. A review of the literature reveal ed that most such tumors present in the fifth through seventh decades of life on the shaft of the penis. Natural history is that of a slowly growing tumor with little propensity to metastasize. Universal succes s has been achieved with simple local excision.