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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 [[penis]] it is 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> | On the glands [[penis]] it is 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> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||