Circumcision as treatment for Zoon's balanitis in an HIV-positive teenage patient

Flávio de Oliveira Pileggi; Paulo Luis Batista Nogueira; Maria Fernanda de Melo Coelho; Gustavo da Silveira Orsi; Maria de Fatima Gali Sorita Tazima; Yvone A M V A Vicente; Maria Celia Cervi; Bento Vidal de Moura Negrini

doi:10.1177/0956462413486456

Circumcision as treatment for Zoon's balanitis in an HIV-positive teenage patient

Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Oct;24(10):837-9. doi: 10.1177/0956462413486456. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

Authors

Flávio de Oliveira Pileggi¹, Paulo Luis Batista Nogueira, Maria Fernanda de Melo Coelho, Gustavo da Silveira Orsi, Maria de Fatima Gali Sorita Tazima, Yvone A M V A Vicente, Maria Celia Cervi, Bento Vidal de Moura Negrini

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Clinics Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 23970603
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413486456

Abstract

In this report we describe a case of the Zoon's balanitis in a boy with HIV (AIDS B2). The clinical presentation, failure of topical treatment, cure by circumcision, and the histopathology findings are presented.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; South America; Zoon's balanitis; circumcision; dermatosis; paediatric; plasma cell balanitis; treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Balanitis / pathology*
Balanitis / surgery*
Biopsy
Child
Circumcision, Male*
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Male
Plasma Cells / pathology
Treatment Outcome