An unusual cause for granulomatous inflammation of the penis.

Can J Urol

Division of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

Published: November 1996

We report a highly unusual type of inflammatory reaction secondary to the insertion of needle in the penis with formation of a nodule of 2.1 cm in diameter, histologically mimicking lymphogranuloma venereum.

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