Background: Penile cancer is uncommon. Penile squamous cell carcinoma is the most common penile malignancy, behaves similarly to squamous cell carcinoma in other parts of the skin. Objective: The objective of the study was to study ulcerative eroded skin disease in the glans penis. Patients and Methods: Forty years old farmer Yemeni male patient presented with erosive ulcerative painful skin lesion in all his glans penis. The duration was one year. Skin biopsy was done. Results: The clinical picture and the investigations showed the patient had localized penile cancer or squamous cell carcinomas. No specific laboratory studies or tumor markers are diagnostic for penile cancer. The patient was treated by partial panectomy. There were no regional lymph node enlargements. Conclusion: localized penile cancer was rare in republic of Yemen. This case was first reported.
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