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Pathology of Testicular and Penile Neoplasms pp 215–227Cite as

Precancerous Lesions of the Penis

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A heterogeneous group of precancerous lesions affect the penis, consisting of cellular alterations of the squamous epithelium: proliferation, loss of polarity, and nuclear atypia of varying degrees [1].

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Colecchia, M., Paolini, B. (2016). Precancerous Lesions of the Penis. In: Colecchia, M. (eds) Pathology of Testicular and Penile Neoplasms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27617-5_12

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