Table 2.

Differential diagnosis of metastatic penile lesions

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)