ABSTRACT
The problems of foreign body injection such as vaseline, paraffine, mineral oil for penile augmentation done by illegal medical practitioners are tissue inflammation, necrosis, granuloma formation, deformity and erectile dysfunction. The treatment of these complication are composed of foreign body removal and resurfacing of denuded penis. Many resurfacing procedures are introduced such as split thickness skin graft, flap-to-graft conversion method, scrotal flap, groin flap and free flap. Skin graft is the simplest method with minimal donor site morbidity, but there are some complications like scar contracture, hypertrophic scar and difficulty of erection. Thick split thickness skin graft can prevent these complications. We measured the length, circumference and surveyed erectile function with International Index of Erectile Function(IIEF) after long-term follow up. Increase in mean length and circumference at erection are 43% and 36%, respectively, compared to resting, and the survey with IIEF had a better result than that of normal control group. We found preserved erectile function without scar contracture and hypertrophic scar. Thick split thickness skin graft is the good method for treatment of penile vaselinoma with simplicity, minor donor site morbidity and preservation of erectile function.
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Humans , Male , Cicatrix , Cicatrix, Hypertrophic , Congenital Abnormalities , Contracture , Erectile Dysfunction , Follow-Up Studies , Foreign Bodies , Free Tissue Flaps , Granuloma , Groin , Inflammation , Mineral Oil , Necrosis , Paraffin , Penis , Petrolatum , Skin , Tissue Donors , TransplantsABSTRACT
Staphylococci are known to produce catalase, but there have been a few case reports of catalase-negative Staphylococcus aureus. The present report describes the first case of catalase-negative S. aureus associated with vaselinoma to our knowledge. We isolated a catalase-negative strain of S. aureus from a penile wound of a 35-year-old man who injected with vaseline into his penis 9 months ago. Colony morphology and biochemical reactions of the strain were typical of S. aureus except for catalase. The patient was diagnosed as having vaselinoma with wound infection and was successfully treated by the surgical removal of the vaseline granuloma and the administration of appropriate antibiotics. Catalase-negative S. aureus is considered to be a very rare variant of S. aureus. To date the number of reported cases of catalase-negative S. aureus is very few, so further studies need to be conducted to evaluate its clinical relation.