Micropenis is part of a larger group of conditions broadly known as inconspicuous penis; however, it is fundamentally different from the other diagnoses in this group, such as webbed penis and buried penis, in that the underlying problem is the size of the penis itself, not with the surrounding and overlying skin. This condition is usually the result of a defect in the hypothalamic-pituitary-go...

INTRODUCTION Penile fracture has been reported with sexual intercourse, masturbation, rolling over or falling on to the erect penis. Classically the history is with a sudden snap, pain, detumescence and a hematoma of the penis with deformity. Immediate surgical treatment is recommended. The patients may delay the admission due to fear and embarrassment or the condition may usually be underrepor...

^ f Of the five books I have been able to refer to Erichsen and Rose and Carless do not appear to mention the injury, Spencer and Gask merely mention it, while Treves' is the only work that gives any details, Neal's Medical Digest refers to five cases, of which through the courtesy of the Librarian of the Royal College of Surgeons, I have been able to obtain summaries. 1. My first case was a Go...

Penile carcinoma frequency varies widely in different parts of the world and comprises 1-10% of all the malignancies in males. Majority of the cases of penile carcinoma are squamous cell carcinoma of penis comprising 60% to 70% of all cases. Warty carcinoma of penis is an unusual neoplasm and a variant of penile squamous cell carcinoma comprising 5%-10% of all the variants. The other histologic...

The erection mechanism of the penis in most vertebrates is blood vascular. A major evolutionary transition occurred in birds, where the erection mechanism changed from blood vascular to lymphatic. Within birds, however, the erection mechanism of the ratite penis has remained unknown. Early work suggested that the erection mechanism in ostrich Struthio camelus was blood vascular while no descrip...

BACKGROUND Langerhans cell histiocytosis affects mainly young children and features an accumulation of CD1a+ dendritic Langerhans cells in the bone, skin, and other organs. A few cases of Langerhans cell histiocytosis on the penis have been reported in the literature. We present a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis on the penis and review the similar cases in the literature. CASE PRESENTAT...

Testicular or scrotal involvement has been reported in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP), but there are very few reports on penile involvement. We report the initial and follow-up ultrasonographic findings of scrotal and penile involvement of HSP in a 5-year-old boy. On ultrasonography, scrotal soft tissue thickening and epididymal swelling with increased vascularity were noted, and ...

Introduction Hypospadias is a wide spectrum of abnormalities involving the inferior surface of the penis and having in common a urethral opening that lies on the inferior surface of the penis, (hypo = under; spadias = opening or rent). The spectrum of hypospadias anomalies includes an abnormal urethral opening, chordee (ventral curvature of the penis), an incomplete prepuce, rotation of the pen...

This article introduces a hypothesis that the pudendal nerve compression syndrome, also known as the Alcock's syndrome in long-time duration bicycle riders might be caused by an irritation of the dorsal nerve of penis in a groove on the inferior ramus and the anterior surface of pubis, previously described by authors as the sulcus nervi dorsalis penis. Alcock's syndrome in bicycle riders has be...

Ischemic complications of the glans penis are rare and commonly result from trauma, inadvertent administration of vasoconstrictive solutions, diabetes mellitus, circumcision and vasculitis; we refer about a young man with severe ischemia of the glans penis following circumcision. The patient had undergone circumcision 5 days before in a surgery department under local anesthesia (1% mepivacaine ...