[The malignant epithelial carcinomas of the penis: A review of the different histological types].

The most frequent cancer of the penis is the squamous cell carcinoma. Several variants of squamous cell carcinoma exist. It is important to make a difference between squamous cell carcinomas with and without a HPV infection. Furthermore, it is extremely important to recognize the different variants as their prognosis differs. These tumors are rare therefore classifying them can be challenging. This review is supposed to give an overview on the existing entities since 2016, but also allows a glimpse into the future with some comments on the upcoming WHO classification 2021.

Annales de pathologie. 2021 Dec 03 [Epub ahead of print]

Eva Compérat, Philippe Moguelet

Centre National de Dermatopathologie, La Roquette, 56 rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris, France. Electronic address: ., Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, Sorbonne université, hôpital Tenon, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris 11, France.