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ReviewInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2022

Aseptic Cavernosal Abscess: An Unrecognized Feature of Neutrophilic Dermatosis.

Yu Akagi, Yuri Yamagiwa, Harumi Shirai, Takeshi Suzuki, Ibuki Tsuru, Akira Ishikawa, Naoki Akiyama, Mizuki Ogura, Kanae Kobayashi, Yuan Bae and 4 more

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Review in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yu AkagiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Yuri YamagiwaDepartment of Allergology and Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Harumi ShiraiDepartment of Allergology and Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Takeshi SuzukiDepartment of Allergology and Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Ibuki TsuruDepartment of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Akira IshikawaDepartment of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Naoki AkiyamaDepartment of Dermatology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Mizuki OguraDepartment of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Kanae KobayashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Yuan BaeDepartment of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Yamato SuemitsuDepartment of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Sumihisa ImakadoDepartment of Dermatology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Momoko MawatariDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.
Akihiro UedaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 50-year-old man developed a sterile cavernosal abscess followed by prominent features of necrotizing neutrophilic dermatosis. We conducted a literature review, which revealed that aseptic abscesses in the corpus cavernosum occur in association with neutrophilic dermatosis. Patients with this condition frequently receive unnecessary antibiotic treatment and surgical interventions. Although this condition responds to systemic corticosteroids, the functional prognosis of the penis is poor. Abscess formation may be the initial presentation of neutrophilic dermatoses, and underlying conditions may even be absent. Clinicians need to be aware of this condition to distinguish it from bacterial infection and initiate early disease-specific treatments.

Indexed as

Pyoderma GangrenosumSkin DiseasesAbscessHumansMaleMiddle Agedaseptic abscesscorpus cavernosumcorticosteroidsneutrophilic dermatosispyoderma gangrenosum

Identifiers

PMID34483210
PMCPMC8987252

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