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January 1972, Vol 123, No. 1 >
Article | January 1972

Posthitis Xerotica Obliterans in a 12-Year-Old Boy FREE

Stanley Weitzner, MD
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Received for publication July 6, 1971; accepted Oct 8.

Reprint requests to Department of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, 2100 Ridgecrest Dr, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 (Dr. Weitzner).


Am J Dis Child. 1972;123(1):68-69. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1972.02110070118018.
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The unusual finding of posthitis xerotica obliterans occurred in a 12-year-old boy. The foreskin was thick and edematous and had a gray-tan inferior surface. Association with chronic balanoposthitis is probable since the prepuce had been irretractable for several years. There was no glans involvement or lesions of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus elsewhere. Circumcision is curative for involvement of the foreskin. In the adult, although surgical excision of the glans involvement when feasible is the treatment of choice, intralesional and sublesional injection of corticosteroids as well as highly potent corticosteroids applied topically with occlusive dressings often give satisfactory results.

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Stühmer A:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans (post operationem) und ihre Beziehungen zur "Kraurosis glandis et praeputii penis ." Arch Derm Syph 156:613-623, 1928;.
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Laymon CW, Freeman C:  Relationship of balanitis xerotica obliterans to lichen sclerosus et atrophicus . Arch Derm Syph 49:57-59, 1944;.
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Catterall RD, Oates JK:  Treatment of balanitis xerotica obliterans with hydrocortisone injections . Brit J Vener Dis 38:75-77, 1962;.
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Potter B:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans manifesting on stump of amputated penis: Report of an unusual case and remarks on the nature of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus . Arch Derm 79:473-476, 1959;.
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Rheinschild GW, Olsen BS:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans . J Urol 104:860-863, 1970;.
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Poynter JH, Levy J:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans: Effective treatment with topical and sublesional corticosteroids . Brit J Urol 39:420-425, 1967;.
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Steppert A, Wruhs O, Zandanell O:  Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus penis . Munchen Med Wschr 29:1349-1353, 1970;.

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Stühmer A:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans (post operationem) und ihre Beziehungen zur "Kraurosis glandis et praeputii penis ." Arch Derm Syph 156:613-623, 1928;.
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Laymon CW, Freeman C:  Relationship of balanitis xerotica obliterans to lichen sclerosus et atrophicus . Arch Derm Syph 49:57-59, 1944;.
Link to Article
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Catterall RD, Oates JK:  Treatment of balanitis xerotica obliterans with hydrocortisone injections . Brit J Vener Dis 38:75-77, 1962;.
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Potter B:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans manifesting on stump of amputated penis: Report of an unusual case and remarks on the nature of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus . Arch Derm 79:473-476, 1959;.
Link to Article
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Rheinschild GW, Olsen BS:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans . J Urol 104:860-863, 1970;.
6 +
Poynter JH, Levy J:  Balanitis xerotica obliterans: Effective treatment with topical and sublesional corticosteroids . Brit J Urol 39:420-425, 1967;.
Link to Article
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Steppert A, Wruhs O, Zandanell O:  Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus penis . Munchen Med Wschr 29:1349-1353, 1970;.

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