Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis
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Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis is a rare skin condition, reported on the penis, characterized by a chancre
-type lesion with regional adenopathy.
Chancre
A chancre is a painless ulceration formed during the primary stage of syphilis. This infectious lesion forms approximately 21 days after the initial exposure to Treponema pallidum, the gram-negative spirochaete bacterium yielding syphilis. Chancres transmit the sexually transmissible disease of...
-type lesion with regional adenopathy.