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Record W4415411508 · doi:10.1007/s10103-025-04695-2

Penile vascular macules: an under-recognised condition responding to pulsed dye laser

2025· article· en· W4415411508 on OpenAlex
Vishal Madan

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affAt least one author lists a Canadian institution in the pinned OpenAlex snapshot.

Bibliographic record

VenueLasers in Medical Science · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicGenital Health and Disease
Canadian institutionsSKiN Health
Fundersnot available
KeywordsDye laserAsymptomaticGlansPenisGlans penisPulsed laserDistress

Abstract

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Penile vascular macules represent an under-recognised clinical entity that can present both idiopathically and secondary to trauma. These lesions, while benign, often cause significant psychological distress to patients. Three cases of Penile vascular macules with distinct aetiologies are presented. Two cases demonstrated idiopathic onset during adolescence, presenting as solitary, asymptomatic red macules on the glans penis. The third case was acquired, developing secondary to prolonged penis ring use. The idiopathic cases showed complete resolution with pulsed dye laser treatment with sustained results at 12-month follow-up, while the acquired case declined intervention. Recognition of Penile vascular macules as a distinct clinical entity is crucial for appropriate patient counselling and management. While benign, these lesions can cause a significant psychological impact, and treatment options, including pulsed dye laser and alternative modalities, should be discussed with affected patients.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.439
Threshold uncertainty score0.954

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.003
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.018
GPT teacher head0.379
Teacher spread0.361 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it