Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans: A Case Report

Abstract

Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) , or lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the penis, is a chronic, progressive disease with uncertain etiology. It is one of the most common causes of acquired meatal stenosis, and is the cause of phimosis in up to ten percent of children. Few reports have been made of squa­ mous cell carcinoma arising from or in association with BXO. We present a patient with BXO with meatal involvement in whom urethral meatotomy was performed. The patient remains free of recurrence after 11 months postoperatively.