The clinical spectrum of syphilitic balanitis of Follmann: report of five cases and a review of the literature

Eugène Follmann first described syphilitic balanitis as a manifestation of primary syphilis in 1948 and since then it has been known as syphilitic balanitis of Follmann (SBF). So far, SBF has rarely been described in literature.

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