Pneumology - Case Reports
Vol. 90 No. 4 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1384

Occult carcinoma penis presenting as malignant pleural effusion

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Received: 16 May 2020
Published: 1 October 2020
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Malignant pleural effusion, carcinoma penis, occult carcinoma

Authors

Ramakant Dixit
dr.ramakantdixit@gmail.com
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, India.
Mukesh Goya
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, India.
Kamendra Singh Pawar
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India.
Neena Kasliwal
Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, India.
Shreya Agarwal
Department of Pathology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, India.

A case of left sided malignant pleural effusion is described in a 41-year-old male, his initial workup for primary site of malignancy was unknown but later found to have hidden squamous cell carcinoma of penis which is one of the rarest site of malignancy that metastasise to pleura. Penile carcinoma manifesting with pleural metastasis and pleural effusion as initial presentation has not been reported previously.

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“Occult Carcinoma Penis Presenting As Malignant Pleural Effusion”. 2020. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 90 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1384.

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