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+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the condition of having a non-retractile [[foreskin]] caused by the abnormal, unhealthy, or morbid existence of disease.
-'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the condition of having a non-retractile [[foreskin]] caused by the abnormal, unhealthy, morbid existence of disease.
-Rickwood et al. (1980) reported that pathological phimosis in boys is almost always caused by Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans. Phimosis is defined as "scarring of the tip of the prepuce."<ref>{{REFdocument
+==Pathological phimosis in boys==
- |title=Phimosis in boys
+Rickwood et al. (1980) reported that pathological phimosis in boys is almost always caused by [[balanitis xerotica obliterans]]. Phimosis is defined as "scarring of the tip of the prepuce."<ref name="rickwood1980">{{REFjournal
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   |last=Rickwood
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+  |init=AM
   |last2=Hemalatha
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-  |author2-link=Batcup
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+ |last3=Batcup
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   |last4=Spitz
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-  |publisher=Br J Urol
+  |etal=no
+ |title=Phimosis in boys
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+ |language=
+ |journal=Br J Urol
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+ |date=1980-05
   |volume=52
   |issue=2
   |pages=147-50
   |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/rickwood/
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+ |pubmedID=7191744
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+ |doi=10.1111/j.1464-410x.1980.tb02945.x.
+ |accessdate=2025-10-25
+}}</ref>
+Balanitis Xerotical Obliterans (BXO) and Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus (LS) are two names for the same disease.<ref>{{REFjournal
+ |last=Laymon
+ |init=CW
+ |author-link=
+ |last2=freeman
+ |init2=C
+ |author2-link=
+ |url=
+ |title=Relationship of Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans to Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus
+ |journal=Arch Dermat Syph
+ |date=1944
+ |volume=48
+ |issue=
+ |pages=57-9
+ |accessdate=2025-10-26
+}}</ref>
+Becker (2011) has provided a comprehensive review of BXO/LS in boys.<ref name="becker2011">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Becker
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+ |init=K
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+ |etal=no
+ |title=Lichen sclerosus in boys
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+ |journal=Dtsch Arztebl Int
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+  |date=2011-01
-  |date=1980-04
+ |volume=108
-  |accessdate=2025-10-23
+ |issue=4
+ |pages=53-8
+ |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3036008/
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+ |pubmedID=21307992
+ |pubmedCID=3036008
+ |DOI=10.3238/arztebl.2011.053
+ |accessdate=2025-10-25
+}}</ref>
+Tissue afflicted with BXO/LS typically has a whitish color. BXO/LS frequently attacks the [[foreskin]], making it indurated and non-retractable.<ref name="becker2011" />
+==Pathological phimosis in adults==
+Adult-onset phimosis may also be caused by a yeast infection of the foreskin that makes it hard or impossible to retract the [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFweb
+ |url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23199-male-yeast-infection
+ |title=Male Yeast Infection
+ |last=Anonymous
+ |first=
+ |init=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Cleveland Clinic
+  |date=2022-06-06
+  |accessdate=2025-10-24
 }}</ref>
+BXO (LS) also occurs in adults. It is one of very few recognized medical indications for [[adult circumcision]].<ref name="becker2011" />
 {{SEEALSO}}
+* [[Phimosis]]
 * [[Physiological phimosis]]
+{{REF}}
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 [[Category:Abnormality]]
+[[Category:Education]]
+[[Category:Medical term]]
+[[Category:Term]]
+[[Category:Parental information]]
 [[Category:Penile disorder]]