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A rare complication after circumcision: keloid of the penis
F Erdemir1, Ozgur Gokce, Oner Sanli
1Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul [corrected] Turkey. fikreterdemir@mynet.com
Abstract:
Keloids are benign hyperproliferative growths of dermal collagen that usually result from excessive tissue response to skin trauma. Although benign, they may be seen as a painful and/or pruritic lesions. A 15-year-young boy was admitted to our clinic with an enlarged scar and pain on the penis for about 1 year after a routine circumcision operation. Complete surgical resection of the lesion was done and histopathological examination revealed keloid of the penis.
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