This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages before signing in

Clinical features

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

These include:

  • patient is elderly, usually, in his fifth or sixth decade
  • papillary growth on the glans (less common)
  • indurated ulcer at base of glans (more common)
  • purulent or blood-stained discharge, often offensive
  • non-retractile foreskin
  • enlarged lymph nodes in groin (60% of cases) - but often, only half are malignant

Advanced cases may present when most of the penis has been destroyed.

Urethral obstruction with retention of urine is rare.

The lesion is visible if the foreskin can be retracted or can be felt beneath it.

Create an account to add page annotations

Add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation, such as a web address or phone number. This information will always be displayed when you visit this page