First suspected case of penile cancer due to tick bite
The man developed Lyme disease and the chronic inflammation likely sparked squamous cell carcinoma, say doctors in a case report
As if Lyme disease wasn’t bad enough, doctors are reporting the first suspected case of penile cancer linked to the infection in a middle-aged man bitten on his genitals by a tick.
The 48-year-old sheep shearer’s problems began after he found the tick under the glans of his penis.
