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Year : 2010  |  Volume : 31  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 63-64
 

What is your diagnosis?


Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, G R Medical College, Gwalior, India

Date of Web Publication3-Sep-2010

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Khozema Saify
Multispecialty Clinic, In basement of Parakh X-ray, Kampoo, Lashkar, Gwalior - 474 001 (MP)
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.69010

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Saify K, Saraswat P K, Mishra D, Jeswani P. What is your diagnosis?. Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2010;31:63-4

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Saify K, Saraswat P K, Mishra D, Jeswani P. What is your diagnosis?. Indian J Sex Transm Dis [serial online] 2010 [cited 2023 Nov 30];31:63-4. Available from: https://ijstd.org/text.asp?2010/31/1/63/69010


A 60-year-old uncircumcised male presented with asymptomatic growth on the glans penis of 7 years duration. There were no complaints or past history suggestive of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). There was no history of trauma to penis, localized dermatoses, systemic diseases or any prolonged medications. There was no history of any significant illness in the partner. The condition was initially diagnosed clinically as a case of penile psoriasis and treated with potent topical corticosteroids. There was partial response to the treatment with some reduction in scaling, but the patch gradually increased in size and became elevated over the course of time. Over the past 1 year, the lesion started increasing in the size, developed verrucosity and thick mica-like scaling. On examination, there was hyperkeratotic, hypertrophic, verrucous plaque with thick scaling on the glans and rim of erythema. His S. VDRL and S. HIV tests were normal. Hematological, biochemical and radiological examination did not reveal any abnormality. Histopathological examination with hematoxylin and eosin staining showed irregular exo-endophytic hyperplasia of the epidermis with elongated downgrowths. There was prominent mitotic activity of the basal and suprabasal layers of the epidermis with mild atypia and pleomorphism of nuclei. The surface showed a marked thick, parakeratotic stratum corneum. A focally lichenoid lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate was present [Figure 1] and [Figure 2].
Figure 1 :Hyperkeratotic plaques on the glans penis

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Figure 2 :Erythema of the dorsal surface of the penis

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