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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2016 Mar 3;92:127–131. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.02.033

Table 2. Reported clinical features of MGU-LS.

N (%)
Number of patients seen/year with MGU-LS
 None 15 (4.9)
 1 to 2 75 (24.3)
 3 to 5 101 (32.7)
 6 to 8 39 (12.6)
 9 to 10 23 (7.4)
 Greater than 11 56 (18.1)
Diagnosis of MGU-LS made by
 Physical examination alone 215 (69.6)
 Shave biopsy 8 (2.6)
 Punch biopsy 19 (6.1)
 Excisional biopsy 52 (16.8)
 I am not the physician making the diagnosis 15 (4.9)
Most common location for MGU-LS
 Glans penis 204 (66.2)
 Foreskin 81 (26.3)
 Male urethra 18 (5.8)
 Penile shaft 2 (0.6)

MGU-LS, male genitourinary lichen sclerosus.