Penile strangulation caused by a coil of hair frequently is an unrecognized clinical entity with severe potential complications, such as urethrocutaneous fistulas, necrosis of the glans and partial or complete amputation of the glans. We report on a 7-year-old boy with a tourniquet injury to the penis secondary to a strand of hair.

Imiquimod is a new immunomodulating agent with antitumor and antiviral properties that has been shown to be clinically effective in various kinds of skin diseases, including precancerous dermatoses. Erythroplasia of Queyrat is a carcinoma in situ that mainly occurs on the glans penis. There are several non-invasive treatment options for erythroplasia of Queyrat such as photodynamic therapy, cry...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this work is to describe a conservative surgical technique as an alternative to classic penile amputations, aiming the local control of the disease, in addition to trying to preserve the patient's sexual function. SURGICAL TECHNIQUE After a circular incision of the skin around the penis, the subfascial plane is developed until the base of the organ. The dorsal ne...

Vascular anomalies of the glans penis are very uncommon and have a sparse mention in the literature [1e3]. Nd: YAG laser has been mentioned as a treatment of choice [3]. The thulium laser has not been reported for its use till date. We describe a patient of venous malformation (VM) of the glans penis treated by us with the thulium laser. A 23-year-old male patient presented with soft, blue mass...