Balanitis

Clinic

• Balanitis circinata (also known as circinate balanitis) is a skin condition comprising a serpiginous ring-shaped dermatitis of the glans penis.
• While circinate balanitis is one of the most common cutaneous manifestations of reactive arthritis, it can also occur independently.
• At the beginning, people show pin-sized dots with white plaque on them which constantly grow into flat, red areas hardly surrounded by white plaque.
• Despite the visible symptoms, patients in nearly all cases do not suffer from burning or itching, nor does it smell strange.
• Due to its analogy to a fungal skin infection, balanitis circinata is often misdiagnosed as mycosis – especially in cases where patients have no other symptoms of reactive arthritis.

Cause

• Reactive arthritis is characterized by nongonococcal urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis.
• Reactive arthritis belongs to the group of arthritides known as the spondyloarthritides.
• There are two main types of reactive arthritis: post-venereal and post-enteric.

Miasm

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