[A toddler with a swelling of his penis]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2016:160:D224.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 4-year-old boy presented with a subcutaneous, yellowish swelling of 0.8 by 1.5 cm on his penis. We made the diagnosis of a smegma retention cyst. This cyst is the result of a physiologic phenomenon that originates from the separation of the foreskin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Penile Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Smegma*