Pearly Penile Papules: A Common Cause of Concern

@article{Sonnex1999PearlyPP,
  title={Pearly Penile Papules: A Common Cause of Concern},
  author={Christopher Sonnex and W G Dockerty},
  journal={International Journal of STD \& AIDS},
  year={1999},
  volume={10},
  pages={726 - 727}
}
This study of two hundred men attending a department of genitourinary medicine documented a prevalence of pearly penile papules of 48%. Most men with papules had only a few lesions of less than 1 mm in size (73%). Nineteen per cent had papules of less than 1 mm in size extending around the corona and 8% had lesions greater than 1 mm in size extending around the corona. Over one-third of men with papules had previously been concerned or worried by their presence and approximately one-quarter had… 
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