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Non-venereal Gangrene of Penis
R Patnaik, Rama NVS Rao
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Correspondence Address:
R Patnaik
Correspondence Address:
R Patnaik
| How to cite this article: Patnaik R, Rao RN. Non-venereal Gangrene of Penis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1967;33:101-103 |
Copyright: (C)1967 Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
Abstract
Gangrenous balanitis occurring as a complication of venereal ulcers specially chancroid, is not uncommon in the venereal disease pratice in South India. Fusiform bacilli and non- syphilitic spirochetes can usually be isolated from such lesions. The following case, however, is of interest because phagedena, developing out of a clear sky without sexual exposure, involved the entire shaft penis within 12 days.
