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Case report
Dermoscopy of penile sclerosing granuloma
  1. Jorge Navarrete1,2,
  2. Raúl Cabrera3,
  3. Christopher Barry Bunker4 and
  4. Caroline Agorio2
  1. 1Dermatology, Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile
  2. 2Male Genital Dermatology Unit, Hospital de Clínicas Doctor Manuel Quintela, Montevideo, Uruguay
  3. 3Dermatology, Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
  4. 4Dermatology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Professor Christopher Barry Bunker; cbbunker{at}me.com

Abstract

Penile sclerosing granuloma is a foreign body reaction to the injection of material, usually for genital augmentation purposes. Patients commonly deny having had or performed these procedures on themselves, and diagnosis can be challenging. We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with a 10-year history of a growth on the penile shaft. Dermoscopic examination showed an orange background with shiny white structures, suggesting a granulomatous pathology. Guided biopsies confirmed a sclerosing lipogranuloma. The patient admitted to having self-injected motor oil. For the first time, we report the dermoscopic description of sclerosing granuloma, which will improve clinical diagnostic precision and guide biopsies. We also contribute the first description of a dermoscopic rainbow pattern in a granulomatous disorder; this could be due to a physical phenomenon called ‘dichroism’.

  • dermatology
  • urology
  • sexual health

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-239846

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    • Contributors We hereby declare that JN fulfils the following criteria: substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data for the work; drafting the work; final approval of the version to be published; and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. RC, CB and CA fulfil the following criteria: substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; revising it critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the version to be published; and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.