[Metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma in the corpora cavernosum of the penis. Case report and bibliographic review].

Objective: We describe a rare case, the metastasis of a renal clear cell carcinoma in the corpora cavernosum of the penis.

Methods: 53-year-old patient presenting with a painful, hard tumor in the penis three months after right radical nephrectomy with cavotomy and thrombus excision.

Results/conclusions: Imaging tests and biopsy led to the diagnosis of metastasis of a renal carcinoma in the corpus cavernosum, which was confirmed on the pathologic study of the specimen after penectomy.

[Medical and surgical treatment of varicocele].

Varicocele is a dilation of the pampiniform venous plexus in the spermatic cord. It appears in 15% approximately of general population males. It is the most commonly identifiable, surgically treatable lesion associated with male infertility.