Synonym(s)
Narrowing of the foreskin
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Congenital or acquired narrowing of the foreskin with consecutive smegma congestion, smegmolith and balanitis. A distinction is made between acute and chronic as well as between complete (foreskin not repositionable) and incomplete (foreskin only not repositionable during erection) phimosis. Most frequent cause in dermatology: Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.
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LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Rathert P et al (1992) The phimosis. German medical journal 89: 2600-2603
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