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.
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Srinivasan AK, Palmer LS, Palmer JS. Are you the author?
Division of Pediatric Urology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Long Island, NY 11040-2600, USA.
Reference: ScientificWorldJournal. 2011;11:2559-64.
doi: 10.1100/2011/238519
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22235186
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