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Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report

Smegma pearls, also called smegmomas, are a natural secretion composed of epithelial cells, protein, and fat. Smegma pearls are not carcinogenic and do not induce damage or irritation. Despite the frequent occurrence of smegma pearls in uncircumcised children, no case among circumcised patients was...

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Autores principales: Almutawa, Yaser Mansoor, Bava, Aneesh, Najeeb, Shana Shirin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9513640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36176834
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28491
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description Smegma pearls, also called smegmomas, are a natural secretion composed of epithelial cells, protein, and fat. Smegma pearls are not carcinogenic and do not induce damage or irritation. Despite the frequent occurrence of smegma pearls in uncircumcised children, no case among circumcised patients was reported. Here, we are presenting, for the first time, a case of smegma pearl in a circumcised patient. A 36-year-old circumcised male patient presented with a smegma pearl. The purpose of the present case report is to describe the diagnosis of this benign condition in circumcised patients, yet not described in the literature, and help physicians to enhance patient management and avoid needless investigations or treatments.
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spelling pubmed-95136402022-09-28 Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report Almutawa, Yaser Mansoor Bava, Aneesh Najeeb, Shana Shirin Cureus Dermatology Smegma pearls, also called smegmomas, are a natural secretion composed of epithelial cells, protein, and fat. Smegma pearls are not carcinogenic and do not induce damage or irritation. Despite the frequent occurrence of smegma pearls in uncircumcised children, no case among circumcised patients was reported. Here, we are presenting, for the first time, a case of smegma pearl in a circumcised patient. A 36-year-old circumcised male patient presented with a smegma pearl. The purpose of the present case report is to describe the diagnosis of this benign condition in circumcised patients, yet not described in the literature, and help physicians to enhance patient management and avoid needless investigations or treatments. Cureus 2022-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9513640/ /pubmed/36176834 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28491 Text en Copyright © 2022, Almutawa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Almutawa, Yaser Mansoor
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Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report
title Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report
title_full Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report
title_short Smegma Pearl in a Circumcised Patient: A Case Report
title_sort smegma pearl in a circumcised patient: a case report
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9513640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36176834
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28491
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