A Case of Median Raphe Cyst of the Penis.

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  • 陰茎縫線嚢腫の１例

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We describe a 17-year-old male with median raphe cyst of the penis. He had noticed a cyst on the penis about a year before and was seen in our out patient-clinic. A cyst located on the raphe of penis that was present along the coronary groove. Histopathological findings showed that cells of the cystic wall were consisted of stratified columnar epithelium and partly had decapitation secretion. In immunohistochemical studies, cells of the cystic wall were positive for carcino embryonic antigen, and negative for pan-keratin, α-smooth muscle actin, epithelial membrane antigen, and gross cystic disease fluid protein-15, indicating the cyst not to be derived from the apocrine gland.

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  • Skin research

    Skin research 3 (1), 38-41, 2004

    Meeting of Osaka Dermatological Association/Meeting of Keiji Dermatological Association

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