Delay in diagnosis and undertreatment of lichen sclerosus in pediatric male patients: A retrospective case series

Anjie Ge; Jacob P Reinhart; Dawn M R Davis; Megha M Tollefson; Rochelle R Torgerson; Anthony J Mancini; Nessa Aghazadeh Mohandesi

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1519

Delay in diagnosis and undertreatment of lichen sclerosus in pediatric male patients: A retrospective case series

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Dec;91(6):1272-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1519. Epub 2024 Aug 24.

Authors

Anjie Ge¹, Jacob P Reinhart², Dawn M R Davis³, Megha M Tollefson³, Rochelle R Torgerson², Anthony J Mancini⁴, Nessa Aghazadeh Mohandesi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁴ Division of Dermatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 39187017
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1519

No abstract available

Keywords: balanitis xerotica obliterans; clinical research; general dermatology; lichen sclerosus et atrophicus; male urogenital disease; medical dermatology; topical corticosteroid.