Year: 2021
Type: Article
Title: Penile cancer after a tick bite: A possible association
Author: Ivanovski, Ognen
Author: Saidi, Skender
Author: Shabani, Bashkim
Author: Gurmeshevski, Slobodan
Author: Pejkov, Risto
Author: Komina, Selim
Author: Gavrilovska-Brzanov Aleksandra
Abstract: Penile cancer is a rare cancer in Western countries, but is more common in parts of the developing world. Usually, it is associated with older uncircumcised men who have a long-term phymotic preputium. Here, we report a case of penile cancer in a circumcised patient, occurring 3 months after a tick bite on the head of the penis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report that suggests a possible association between Lyme disease and occurrence of "de novo" penile cancer. Further studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
Publisher:
Relation: SAGE open medical case reports
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/14573
Identifier: 2050-313X
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/14573Identifier: 10.1177/2050313X211036779
Identifier: 9
