A Kentucky man sued his doctor after he awoke from a surgery and found his penis removed, instead of a circumcision performed.

Phillip Seaton, 61, alleged he went to the hospital last October and the doctor who was supposed to circumcise him amputated his penis, according to the lawsuit the man filed against Dr. John M. Patterson last week.

Mr. Seaton, and his wife Deborah, both Tennessee residents, said the doctor who performed the surgery wasn’t given the consent to do that. What Philippe Seaton told him to do was to remove “the foreskin on the penis.”

But Mr. Patterson disregarded that when he decided by himself to cut off Philippe’s manhood. Because he allegedly believed he found cancer, he didn’t put an end to the procedure in order to notify the couple and discuss with both of them the findings, like he should have. Consequently to the operation, the man experienced pain, mental anguish, as well as loss of enjoyment of life, the lawsuit said.

A test performed later on did reveal the fact that Seaton had cancer, said Kevin George, Seaton’ attorney. 

"Sometimes you have an emergency and you have to do this, but he could very easily closed him up and said, 'Here are your options. You have cancer,' and the family would have said, 'We want a second opinion. This is a big deal,'" Mr. George said.

Besides Dr. Patterson, who amputated the male genital organ, the lawsuit also names Dr. Oliver James. During the surgery, James administered a general anesthesia although Seaton specifically requested the anesthesia not to be used.

Mr. Seaton went to the hospital to have the procedure on Oct. 19, 2007, in order to better treat inflammation, The Associated Press reported.