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Candidiasis presenting as pseudocircinate balanitis in a preschooler.

Hitaishi MehtaSudheer Kumar DevanaSmriti GuptaDipankar DeRahul Mahajan
Published in: Pediatric dermatology (2022)
Candidal balanitis typically affects sexually active adult males and may present as eroded papules, pustules, whitish discharge or erythema with dry glazed appearance. We report an unusual presentation of this common infection in an uncommon demographic, candidal balanitis presenting as coalescent vesicles and erosions arranged in an arcuate pattern in a pre-school child.
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