Complications
Complication
Timeframe
Likelihood
long term
medium
Can occur in children and adults following circumcision. Lichen sclerosus is not uncommonly determined to be the aetiology in this circumstance.
Meatotomy is the definitive treatment.
Serial meatal dilation may lead to further stricturing and worsen the situation.
variable
low
Concern regarding malignant transformation is particularly significant with non-healing eroded or ulcerated nodules. Warty lesions not responding to usual therapy for genital warts can also potentially suggest malignancy.
In these instances, biopsy with histopathological interpretation is mandatory.
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