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Amoebiasis of the Penis
Author(s) -
THOMAS JOHN A.,
ANTONY A. JOSEPH
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1976.tb03017.x
Subject(s) - penis , amoebiasis , medicine , phallus (fungus) , disease , dermatology , general surgery , surgery , pathology , male genitalia , biology , immunology , zoology
Amoebic infections of the penis are extremely rare and are usually mistaken clinically for a cancer or an ulcerative venereal disease. On reviewing the world literature, it was found that only 8 such cases have been reported in the last 51 years (Shih, Wu and Lieu, 1939; Hermann and Berman, 1942; Camecho and Beirana, 1959; Mylius and Ten Seldam, 1962; Talwalkar, 1962; Quevedo and Elias Dib, 1963; Purpon, Jiminez and Engelking, 1967). To this small number one more case has been added. Comparisons between the case presented here and those reported in the world literature have been made.