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"Clinical observation was done on the 23 cases of urethral caruncle which were confirmed pathologically during the period from January 1965 to August 1976 and the following results were obtained. 1. Age distribution was between 8 and 81 years, showing the highest incidence in 31 to 60 years (18/23, 78.3%) and the mean age was 45.2 years. 2. Among them, 16 cases were telangiectatic type (16/23, 69. 6%), 4 were papillomatous type (4/23, 17.4%) and 3 were granulomatous type (3/23, 13.0%). 3. Most common location was posterior lip of the urethral meatus (20/23, 87.1%) but anterior lip 1 and combined 2 respectively. 4. Excision and electrofulguration were performed in all cases and one case of recurrence was noticed."
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