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A 9-year old male patient was admitted to our clinic for circumcision. Physical examination revealed a mass in the prepuce. After excision of the mass, histopathological examination was consistent with a mucoid cyst of the penile skin, which has been rarely reported. Pathologists and clinicians dealing with genitourinary system pathology should be familiar with this rarely encountered entity.
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Yalta, T., Kazındır, G., Puyan, F.O. et al. Mucoid cyst of the penile skin: A rare entity. Afr J Urol 16, 132–133 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12301-010-0028-1
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