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Pearly Penile Papules

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Pearly penile papules are common small, asymptomatic papules occurring on the corona of the glans in normal males.

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  1. School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Anthony Hall

  2. Skin and Cancer Foundation Inc, Carlton, VIC, Australia

    Anthony Hall

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Hall, A. (2019). Pearly Penile Papules. In: Atlas of Male Genital Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99750-6_6

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