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Zoon's balanitis treated with topical tacrolimus

Zoon's balanitis is an asymptomatic lesion that requires histopathological examination of involved tissue for confirmation of diagnosis. Till today, circumcision is considered as the treatment of choice as topical medical therapy is insufficient to cure the disease and also there was a risk of...

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Autores principales: Daga, Sudarshan O., Wagaskar, Vinayak G., Jumnake, Snehal F., Patwardhan, Sujata K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479782
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/UA.UA_10_16
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author Daga, Sudarshan O.
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description Zoon's balanitis is an asymptomatic lesion that requires histopathological examination of involved tissue for confirmation of diagnosis. Till today, circumcision is considered as the treatment of choice as topical medical therapy is insufficient to cure the disease and also there was a risk of recurrence after discontinuation of therapy. Herein, we have treated the Zoon's balanitis with 0.1% topical tacrolimus with complete resolution of the lesion in 6 weeks. Hence, we think topical tacrolimus therapy should be considered as an alternative to circumcision in the treatment of Zoon's balanitis.
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spelling pubmed-54056742017-05-05 Zoon's balanitis treated with topical tacrolimus Daga, Sudarshan O. Wagaskar, Vinayak G. Jumnake, Snehal F. Patwardhan, Sujata K. Urol Ann Case Report Zoon's balanitis is an asymptomatic lesion that requires histopathological examination of involved tissue for confirmation of diagnosis. Till today, circumcision is considered as the treatment of choice as topical medical therapy is insufficient to cure the disease and also there was a risk of recurrence after discontinuation of therapy. Herein, we have treated the Zoon's balanitis with 0.1% topical tacrolimus with complete resolution of the lesion in 6 weeks. Hence, we think topical tacrolimus therapy should be considered as an alternative to circumcision in the treatment of Zoon's balanitis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5405674/ /pubmed/28479782 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/UA.UA_10_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Urology Annals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Zoon's balanitis treated with topical tacrolimus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479782
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/UA.UA_10_16
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