title: The treatment of Zoon's balanitis with the carbon dioxide laser.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: SUNY-Health Science Center, Brooklyn.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Geronemus
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide