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Table 2 Differential diagnosis of metastatic penile lesions

From: Secondary penile tumours revisited

Pre-malignant and malignant lesions

• Bowen's disease/Erythroplacia of Querat

• Verrucous carcinoma

• Squamous cell carcinoma

• Basal cell carcinoma

• Melanoma

• Sarcoma

Infectious lesions

   • Tuberculosis

   • Syphilitic chancre

   • Chancroid

   • Cryptococal infection

   • Filariasis

   • Rhinosporiodiosis

Other benign conditions

   • Non-tumourous priapism

   • Peyronnie's disease

   • Factitous ulcerations (self induced)

   • Pseudo tumours (secondary to foreign bodies or injections into penis)