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Surgical Management of Arteriovenous Malformation of the Penis in an Adolescent Boy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are common benign lesions, present at birth. Although they may occur anywhere in the body, usually they are found on the head, the neck, and the extremities. AVMs of the glans penis are very rare. Only a few have been reported in the literature, and thus, a definit...

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Autores principales: Kepertis, Chrysostomos, Florou, Maria, Mouravas, Vassileios, Tsopozidi, Maria, Spyridakis, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809269
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44698
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Sumario:Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are common benign lesions, present at birth. Although they may occur anywhere in the body, usually they are found on the head, the neck, and the extremities. AVMs of the glans penis are very rare. Only a few have been reported in the literature, and thus, a definitive treatment does not exist. We herein report our experience of treating an AVM of the glans penis with surgical excision and plastic reconstruction of the glans, with the application of transplant tissue from the inner skin of the prepuce.