6. Hypospadias
Epispadias
• Malformations of urethral groove and urethral canal
may create an abnormal opening.
--ventral surface (hypospadias)
--dorsal surface (epispadias)
It may be associated with abnormalities in
--descent of testes
--malformation of urinary tract
Complications: infections of urinary tract
infertility
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7. The catheter seen here is in a groove on the undersurface below the tip of the penis and
enters the urethra. This abnormal opening is known as a hypospadias. Such an anomaly
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is not common but can lead to problems with urination and ejaculation.
8. The groove on the dorsal aspect of the penis extending from the urethral meatus is an abnormality
termed epispadias. This is an uncommon anomaly of varying degrees of severity. When severe, it
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can lead to problems with urination and ejaculation.
10. The glans penis surrounding the penile urethral meatus demonstrates erythema and
exudate, typical for a balanitis. The retracted foreskin is also acutely inflamed, a
condition called posthitis. Together, this inflammatory condition is known as
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balanoposthitis.
22. Bowen’s disease
•>35yrs
•Shaft of the penis and scrotum
•Solitary, thickened, gray white, opaque plaque with shallow
ulceration and crusting
•On the glans it produces velvety lesion
•Histologically: acanthosis, mitoses, dysplasia and other nuclear
features of malignancy
•Dermo-epidermal margin is well demarcated.
•Develops in to carcinoma
•Bowenoid papulosis: younger age, HPV-16, resembles condyloma,
No malignant potential
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