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*[[Lichen planus]].
*[[Lichen planus]].
*Infection, e.g. [[syphilis]].
*Infection, e.g. [[syphilis]].
==Penile fibromatosis==
{{Main|Fibromatosis}}
*[[AKA]] ''Peyronie's disease''.
===General===
*Prevalence ~5%.<ref name=pmid21818660/>
Treatment:
*Conservative versus surgery.
===Gross===
*Abnormal curvature of the penis, esp. in the erect state.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid21818660>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Serefoglu | first1 = EC. | last2 = Hellstrom | first2 = WJ. | title = Treatment of Peyronie's disease: 2012 update. | journal = Curr Urol Rep | volume = 12 | issue = 6 | pages = 444-52 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s11934-011-0212-2 | PMID = 21818660 }}</ref>
*Tunica albuginea fibrosis.


=See also=
=See also=

Revision as of 21:49, 1 June 2012

The penis is occasionally afflicted by disease that the pathologist see.

It is afflicted by common skin pathologies.

Diseases

Inflammatory

Infectious

Other non-tumour

Pre-cancerous

Neoplastic

Others:

Specific conditions

Phimosis

General

  • Cannot be retract foreskin.
  • This is a clinical diagnosis.

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • +/-Inflammation.
  • Fibrosis.

Notes: Findings non-specific.

DDx - general:

Penile fibromatosis

  • AKA Peyronie's disease.

General

  • Prevalence ~5%.[2]

Treatment:

  • Conservative versus surgery.

Gross

  • Abnormal curvature of the penis, esp. in the erect state.

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Tunica albuginea fibrosis.

See also

References

  1. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 391. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Serefoglu, EC.; Hellstrom, WJ. (Dec 2011). "Treatment of Peyronie's disease: 2012 update.". Curr Urol Rep 12 (6): 444-52. doi:10.1007/s11934-011-0212-2. PMID 21818660.