Carcinoma of the glans penis arising 20 years after lichen sclerosus.
Lichen sclerosis (LS) is an inflammatory disease of incompletely characterized pathogenesis. The relation between LS and carcinoma is well known in women, but in men it is still a matter of debate whether LS is a premalignant lesion or not. We describe a case of LS of the glans penis which occurred in 1976. Within the next 20 years, the patient developed carcinoma at this site.
Simonart
T
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Department of Dermatology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Noel
J C
JC
De Dobbeleer
G
G
Simonart
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology