Volume 4, Issue 6 pp. 1763-1765

CASE REPORTS: Xanthogranulomatous Inflammation of Corpus Cavernosum

Young Seo III MD

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Young Seo III MD

Department of Urology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea;

III Young Seo, MD, Department of Urology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine and Hospital, 344-2, Sinyong-Dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, Korea. Tel: 82 63 850 1333; Fax: 82 63 842 1455; E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Hyang Jeong Jo MD

Hyang Jeong Jo MD

Department of Pathology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea

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Joung Sik Rim MD, PhD

Joung Sik Rim MD, PhD

Department of Urology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea;

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First published: 14 March 2006
Citations: 2

ABSTRACT

Introduction. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a rare, chronic destructive inflammatory lesion. The pathological finding is typically lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration, surrounded by accumulating lipid-laden macrophages.

Methods. A 65-year-old healthy man presented with a 3-week history of a painless palpable mass in the penis.

Results. The patient underwent an excision of the mass with a tunica albuginea, and a graft from the tunica vaginaglis. Histopathological findings showed the diffuse xanthogranulomatous inflammation.

Conclusions. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of corpus cavernosum in old men is a rare condition. The inflammatory mass should be treated by complete excision and graft. Seo IY, Jo HJ, and Rim JS. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of corpus cavernosum. J Sex Med 2007;4:1763–1765.

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