Balanitis xerotica obliterans

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This is a fibrotic condition of the foreskin, first described by Stühmer[1],[2] in 1928

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Aetiology

Unclear. It may be identical to lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.[3]

Clinical Features

  • Occurs later in life
  • Foreskin is:
    • thickened
    • stenosed
    • depigmented
    • adherent to glans

Treatment

Circumcision

References

  1. ↑ Stühmer, A.: Balanitis xerotica obliterans (post-operationem) und ihre Beziehungen zur “Kraurosis glandis et praeputii penis,” Arch f. Dermat. u. Syph. 156:613, 1928.
  2. ↑ http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/BXO/freeman1/
  3. ↑ ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY AND SYPHILOLOGY, Volume 49: Page 57-59 http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/BXO/laymon1/#n2

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