The treatment of Zoon's balanitis with the carbon dioxide laser.
Zoon's balanitis, or plasma cell balanitis, is a chronic erosive process of the uncircumcised penis. The lesions are often refractory to conservative topical and surgical therapy and frequently require circumcision as a curative measure. This case report describes the first reported successful use of the carbon dioxide laser in the defocused mode to vaporize the chronic penile erosions of Zoon's balanitis.
Baldwin
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SUNY-Health Science Center, Brooklyn.
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D001446:Balanitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology
D002245:Carbon Dioxide