A urologist is under investigation after he amputated a patient’s penis because of a non-existent tumour.

The 30-year-old surgeon is accused of causing serious injury to the unnamed patient from the municipality of Arezzo in Italy’s Tuscany region.

He performed the operation at San Donato Hospital in Arezzo on 13th November 2018.

This was after incorrectly diagnosing the patient, who is believed to be in his late sixties, a month earlier.

The procedure was carried out without hitch, but during analysis of the amputated member, it quickly transpired that there was no tumour.

The devastated patient is now seeking compensation from the bungling medic over the mutilation.

The case has a preliminary court hearing scheduled for 9th March in Arezzo.