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LASERS: The Treatment of Zoon's Balanitis with the Carbon Dioxide Laser

1989; Wiley; Volume: 15; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1524-4725.1989.tb03407.x

2374-846X

Hilary Baldwin, Roy G. Geronemus,

Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

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.