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[Keratotic pseudoepitheliomatous and micaceous balanitis]
I Querol Nasarre1, A Córdoba Iturriagagoitia, J M Castillo Jimeno
1Unidad de Dermatología, Hospital Reina Sofía de Tudela, Navarra, España.
Objective:
To describe the clinical and histopathological manifestations of a case of pseudoepitheliomatous, keratotic and micaceous balanitis and review the literature on this rare condition.
Methods:
A case of pseudoepitheliomatous, keratotic and micaceous balanitis in a 63-year-old man is presented. The lesion appeared a few months after undergoing circumcision due to phimosis and recurrent inflammatory balanitis.
Results:
The lesion relapsed after topical treatment with 5-FU, cryotherapy and shaving-biopsy plus electrocoagulation. It was finally diagnosed as epidermoid carcinoma and surgically excised.
Conclusions:
The clinical and histopathological features, course and relationship between micaceous balanitis and carcinoma of the penis are reviewed.
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