Abstract
Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO) is a chronic atrophic mucocutaneous disorder with unknown cause, affecting the epidermis and dermal connective tissue that most commonly involves the genital and perianal skin of both males and females. BXO may affect the glans and the meatus. In its most severe form, involvement of the prepuce obliterates the preputial sac with dense adhesions, and the urethra may be affected.
Zoon balanophostitis is a benign disease of external genitals, and considered as a variant of BXO, and very rarely affecting children, it is more often seen in elderly males than females, characterized by a solitary red-orange plaque of the glans and prepuce.
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Fahmy, M. (2017). Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans. In: Congenital Anomalies of the Penis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43310-3_37
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