Indian Journal of Urology (Jan 2002)

Zoon′s balanitis - diagnosis and follow-up

  • Datteswar Hota,
  • Rajarshi Basu,
  • Rabinarayan Senapati

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 173 – 175

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Zoon′s balanitis, is a chronic erosive lesion on glans penis, which on biopsy shows a plasma cell infiltrate in dermal layers. It is typical in uncircumcised males. We are reporting a rare case of Zoon′s balanitis in our insti-tution. A 21-year-old unmarried male presented with pain and discharge from penis. A velvety patch was noted over glans. He underwent circumcision and the patch was ex-cised and sent for biopsy. Histopathological report was consistent with balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis. We reviewed the literature about similar reports.

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