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A Case Report

GORDON V. LILLIE, M.D.; CAPT. JERE D. GUIN, USAF (MC)

Arch Dermatol. 1961;84(2):322-324.

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Cutaneous horns in light-exposed areas are not particularly uncommon, especially in the Southwestern United States; however, similar lesions on the glans penis are rare. We have been able to find a total of 34 previously reported cases, of which only 8 occurred in North America.^1-7

Penile horns occur as single or multiple lesions.⁵ They usually start as warty growths that later become hyperkeratotic and assume the appearance of a horn. Taylor⁶ attributed these lesions to prolonged preputial irritation, and Van der Velde¹ stated that all of the cases he reviewed had a preexisting phimosis. Most of the cases reported to date have been in Germans or individuals of predominantly German ancestry.⁶ Huggins⁸ mentioned the possibility of a viral etiology based on the work done by Rous⁹ on cutaneous horns in the western cottontail rabbit.

Clinically, these growths consist of a compact, tapered, keratinous . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HOUSTON, TEXAS

From the Department of Dermatology, Baylor University, College of Medicine, and the section on Dermatology, Veterans Administrative Hospital (Everett R. Seale, M.D., Chairman).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 7, 1961.

The contents of this paper reflect the personal views of the authors and are not to be construed as a statement of official Air Force policy.

Captain Jere D. Guin was, at the time of preparation of this paper, a resident in Dermatology at Baylor University, College of Medicine. He is presently assigned to the USAF Hospital, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.

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