title: Carcinoma of the glans penis arising 20 years after lichen sclerosus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simonart
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Noel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Dobbeleer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Simonart
mesh_terms: 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