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Scrotal eczema

Scrotal eczema Definition Polyetiological dermatitis of the scrotal skin. Often cumulative-toxic, more rarely contact-allergic or manifesting as a form of lichen simplex chroncius . Not infrequently a minimal variant of atopic dermatitis or partial manifestation of a generalized form of atopic de...

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