Prednisolone Treatment Is Effective for an Idiopathic Penile Abscess: A Case Report and Review

Atsushi Yamagishi; Masayuki Kurokawa; Hayato Nishida; Takayuki Konno; Norihiko Tsuchiya

doi:10.12659/AJCR.933618

10 November 2021: Articles

Prednisolone Treatment Is Effective for an Idiopathic Penile Abscess: A Case Report and Review

Rare disease

Atsushi Yamagishi ^A* , Masayuki Kurokawa ^A , Hayato Nishida ^A , Takayuki Konno ^A , Norihiko Tsuchiya ^A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.933618

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933618

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Figure 2. Appearance of the penile abscess: (A) Before surgery, a 1- to 2-cm indurated ridge was observed at the shaft of the penis. (B) During the operation, it was observed that the abscess had no capsule and had destroyed the corpus cavernosum tissue. (C) The wound healed spontaneously 10 weeks after prednisolone administration.

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Prednisolone Treatment Is Effective for an Idiopathic Penile Abscess: A Case Report and Review

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