Painful penile ulceration in a patient with malignant atrophic papulosis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 612-616

  Aydogan, K ^a   Alkan, G ^a   Karadogan Koran, S ^a   Adim, S B ^a   Kiyici, M ^a   Tokgoz, N ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Degos' disease; Malign atrophic papulosis; Penile ulceration; Pentoxifylline; Porcelain white scars

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT ATROPHIC PAPULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PENIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 28544436729     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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