Treatment of Zoon's balanitis with the carbon dioxide laser

Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 491-494. May 1989.

Baldwin HE, Geronemus RG
SUNY-Health Science Center, Brooklyn

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 erosionsof Zoon's balanitis.

PMID: 2497162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Citation:

Baldwin HE, Geronemus RG. Treatment of Zoon's balanitis with the carbon dioxide laser. J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1989-05;15(5):491-4.

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