Metastasis to the penis is very rare in lung cancer, especially adenocarcinoma. We describe a patient with adenocarcinoma of the lung who developed a metastatic lesion in the penis. A 66-year-old Taiwanese male was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the lung at stage IV (T2N3M1, liver metastasis), and was treated with chemotherapy consisting of gemcitabine, cisplatin and bevacizumab, beginning on 21 September 2005. Three months later, hardness of the penile shaft was noted. A biopsy of the penis was performed, which provided a histological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma. The histology of the specimen was consistent with that of the previous lung cancer, so he was considered to have penile metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung. However, a poor performance status was noted, and the patient could not tolerate the chemotherapy. The patient expired 2 weeks later due to cancer progression. We review the reported cases to investigate the clinical characteristics of this rare involvement.