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Titanium balanitis with phimosis.

S A Dundas·R W Laing
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We report the 2nd case of titanium balanitis reported in the world literature. Clinically the patient presented with phimosis: histologically the titanium was surrounded by a mixed granulomatous inflammatory reaction. Topical titanium preparations may lead to phimosis and therefore we thought it important to bring this potential iatrogenic complication to further notice.

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S A Dundas, R W Laing. 1988. Titanium balanitis with phimosis.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000248741

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