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. 2021 Sep 20;39:101858. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101858

Table 1.

Summary of the cases of tuberculosis of glans penis.

Autors Years Nombers of patients symptoms Country Histological findings Treatement Outcome
Brian J.Angus 2001 01 painless ulcer on penis United kingdom caseating granuloma and tissue culture of the biopsy yielded Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ATT Would healed well with no recurrence.
Amir-zargar ma 2004 01 An ulcerative burgeon (granulated) lesion on his
glans
Iran section biopsy was performed and the pri-mary report showed tuberculosis ATT Complete improvement was achieved following the treatment
Shigenori Yonemura 2004 01 painless subcutaneous nodule at the glans penis Japan granulomatous inflammation. Tuberculin tests were strongly positive, ATT complete healing occurred
Baveja 2007 01 multiple ulcers on glans penis; India Direct smear microscopy of pus showed heavy growth of acid fast bacillus (3+); ELISA serology for mycobacterium A60-antigen was strongly positive. ATT Ulcer healed after 3 months
Ghorbani 2007 01 painful ulcer on glans penis. Iran Biopsy of the ulcer and PCR revealed Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ATT Ulcer healed.
KishanChand 2009 01 ulcer on glans penis with everted edges distorting the external urethral meatus; tender bilateral inguinal lymph node enlargement. India chronic granuloma ATT Ulcer heale
J. K. Kar 2012 01 ulcer on glans penis India Biopsy of ulcerated lesion histology showed TB of penis ATT Responded well and ulcer healed
Jose David Jimenez Parra 2014 01 papular-ampullary eruption in the glans penis Espagne a chronic granulomatous inflammatory necrotizing lesion with granulomatous vasculitis lesions, without tumor infiltration ATT five months the ulceration healed significantly.
Deb S 2015 01 multiple ulcers over the glans penis and around the urethral meatus. India Numerous Langhans type of giant cells were seen with lymphoid cell infiltration ATT complete subsidence of the lesions after 6 months
Khan D 2016 01 ulceration over the glans penis for3 month India Histopathology revealedlymphoplasmacytic infiltration of subepithelial fibrocollage-nous tissue along with the presence of epithelioid granulomawith caseation, suggesting a mycobacterial infection ( ATT after 6 months it healedcompletely.
Gangalakshmi C, Sankaramahalingam 2016 01 ulcerative growth over glans penis India epithelioid cell granuloma and Langhan's giant cells suggestive of tuberculoid granuloma ATT Within 3 weeks, patient showed signs of healing
Archana Singal 2017 01 multiple ulcers on the glans penis India Histopathology revealed the diagnosis of genital tuberculosis (TB), and polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis tested positive ATT complete resolution of lesions in six months
D Pandey 2019 01 multiple undermined ulcers Nepal histopathology revealed a diagnosis of tuberculous ulcer ATT responded well to antitubercular therapy
John S Banerji 2020 01 painful ulcerative lesion of the glans penis USA ATT completely healed glans penis lesion after antituberculosis therapy
Y.Elkhachine 2020 01 Chronic ulcerative lesions on glans penis Morocco A skin biopsy, performed at the site of an ulceration, showed the presence of epithelial-giganto-cellular granulomas with caseous necrosis in favor of a cutaneous tuberculosis ATT Ulcer healed

ATT:antitubercular treatement.