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Review
. 2014 Mar-Apr;89(2):329-31.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142870.

Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature

Songting Wang  1 , Mingshu Zhou  2 , Jianjun Qiao  3
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Review

Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature

Songting Wang et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Kissing nevus is a curious type of nevus that was first described on the eyelids and rarely described on the penis. We report two cases of kissing nevus of the penis and review previously reported cases. The lesions of the kissing nevus of the penis showed characteristic mirror-image symmetry relative to the coronal sulcus. On histopathology, the lesion showed a compound nevus.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Case 1: Sharply marginated pigmented patches on the glans penis and on the inner surface of the prepuce at the dorsolateral side of the penis appeared as mirror images of each other relative to the coronal sulcus
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Histology of a biopsy taken from the prepuce of case 1 showed a compound nevus with no sign of malignancy (haematoxylin and eosin; original magnification× 400)
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Case 2: Two hyperpigmented patches were located on the dorsal glans penis and the prepuce respectively. The patches overlapped each other when the prepuce was retracted
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