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| Caption = Lichen sclerosus. [[H&E stain]]. | | Caption = Lichen sclerosus. [[H&E stain]]. | ||
| Synonyms = balanitis xerotica obliterans (old term for lesion on glans penis) | |||
| Micro = fibrosis of dermis with loss of adnexal structures - '''key feature''', loss of the rete ridges, (severe) [[hyperkeratosis]], inflammation - often with eosinophils | | Micro = fibrosis of dermis with loss of adnexal structures - '''key feature''', loss of the rete ridges, (severe) [[hyperkeratosis]], inflammation - often with eosinophils | ||
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'''Lichen sclerosus''' is a relatively common chronic condition classically associated with the [[vulva]]. On the vulva is also known as ''chronic atrophic vulvitis''. | '''Lichen sclerosus''' is a relatively common chronic condition classically associated with the [[vulva]]. On the vulva is also known as ''chronic atrophic vulvitis''. | ||
On the | On the glans [[penis]] it was referred to as '''balanitis xerotica obliterans''', abbreviated '''BXO'''.<ref name=pmid12602704>{{cite journal |author=Finkbeiner AE |title=Balanitis xerotica obliterans: a form of lichen sclerosus |journal=South. Med. J. |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=7–8 |year=2003 |month=January |pmid=12602704 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid24268357>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stewart | first1 = L. | last2 = McCammon | first2 = K. | last3 = Metro | first3 = M. | last4 = Virasoro | first4 = R. | title = SIU/ICUD Consultation on Urethral Strictures: Anterior urethra-lichen sclerosus. | journal = Urology | volume = 83 | issue = 3 Suppl | pages = S27-30 | month = Mar | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.urology.2013.09.013 | PMID = 24268357 }}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||