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Penile Erythematous Eruption in a Man With Diabetes
Robert Huff;
Scott Fretzin, MD;
Charles Lewis, MD
Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis
Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:845-850.
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REPORT OF A CASE
A 41-year-old man with diabetes presented with a nonpruritic erythematous eruption on his penis. The eruption had been well controlled with topical corticosteroids and intermittent oral fluconazole. After 6 months, the eruption became resistant to therapy, and the patient developed dysuria without penile discharge, vague arthralgias involving his left ankle and right knee, and a new rash. On physical examination, moist, erythematous plaques without scale were present on the glans and penile shaft (Figure 1). His feet revealed multiple translucent vesicles and raised flesh-colored papules on the plantar surface bilaterally (Figure 2). He also had multiple, brown, raised plaques covering the dorsal aspect of his tongue.
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Initial laboratory studies revealed a white blood cell count of 12.7x109/L, and urinalysis revealed 5 to 10 white blood cells per high-power field. The results . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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