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Volume 360:1336 March 26, 2009 Number 13
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Penile Papules

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A 59-year-old man was referred to our hospital for the management of genital warts. Multiple, asymptomatic, smooth, round, skin-colored papules were observed at the corona of the glans penis. Physical examination of the genitalia was otherwise unremarkable. The patient reported that he had initially noted the lesions as a teenager and that they had not changed subsequently. A diagnosis of pearly penile papules was made. This condition is benign and common, occurring in up to 50% of the male population. The lesions are typically localized to the corona of the glans penis but can also affect the glans or the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 



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