A 75-year-old male patient is admitted to your unit with penile carcinoma. While reviewing the patient's history the nurse notes an episode 1 year prior where the patient was treated for what?
A) Unrelieved priapism
B) Calculi in the prepuce
C) A stricture causing phimosis
D) Encrusted smegma in the corpus cavernosum
Ans: B
Feedback: The thickened secretions (smegma) can become encrusted with urinary salts and calcify, forming calculi in the prepuce and increasing the risk of penile carcinoma. Options A, C, and D are incorrect.
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