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Review
. 2011:11:2559-64.
doi: 10.1100/2011/238519. Epub 2011 Dec 29.

Inconspicuous penis

Arun K Srinivasan  1 , Lane S Palmer, Jeffrey S Palmer
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Review

Inconspicuous penis

Arun K Srinivasan et al. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011.

Abstract

Inconspicous penis refers to a constellation of conditions that make the penis look diminutive and small. This could be secondary to short penile shaft often termed as micropenis. But more commonly, this inconspicuous appearance is secondary to other causes ranging from congenital conditions such as penoscrotal webbing or megaprepuce, developmental conditions like prepubic adiposity that overhang the penis, and iatrogenic causes like trapped penis after adhesions secondary to circumcision. In this paper, we propose to define these entities and provide their descriptions and then to describe their management including surgical correction.

Keywords: child; inconspicuous; micropenis; penis.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Buried penis. 2-year-old boy with a hidden penis secondary to laxity or absence of penoscrotal fixation and some contribution from protuberant suprapubic fat.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Webbed penis. (a) Lateral view of a young boy with mild-moderate penoscrotal webbing. In mild cases, fixation of the angle to Buck's fascia of the penis can reconstruct the angle and the penis refashioned with the residual skin. In more severe cases (b), the webbing is divided and the skin reapproximated in the ventral midline for penile skin coverage.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Trapped penis. This boy had a trapped penis, where a scar had formed over the penis. A conservative approach was taken, and no surgery was required. The skin now comes over the glans.
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