Main description:

This book provides comprehensive but concise data for congenital diseases of the penis, explaining the embryological and anatomical background, incidence, historical background, investigation approaches, imaging and management of each condition.

The book is organised in themed parts, starting from embryology and normal anatomy and examining anomalies for each anatomical part: prepuce, penis, urinary meatus, penile urethra with a final part of acquired penile diseases with congenital background. With clear illustrations in each chapter to explain each condition in detail, online animations for the difficult and complex cases are also provided.

Practitioners in the field of pediatric urology and surgery will find this highly readable book particularly valuable. The author is a pioneer pediatric surgeon with over 30 years' experience in the field of genitourinary anomalies.

Contents:

Part I Introduction.- Embryology.- Anatomy and Normal Variations.- History of the Penis.- Part II Prepuce.- Aposthia.- Microposthia.- Macroposthia and Congenital Megaprepuce.- Preputial cysts.- Part IIV Penis.- Penile Agenesis (Aphallia).- Microphallus.- Megalopenis.- Penile Duplication.- Penile Rotation.- Penile Chordee.- Webbed Penis.- Penoscrotal Positional (PSP) Anomalies.- Median genital raphe anomalies.- Penile Hemangioma.- Penile Lymphedema.- Penile cysts.- Part IV Urinary Meatus.- Megameatus.- Congenital Meatal stenosis.- Congenital Double meatus.- Part V Penile Urethra.- Urethral Agenesis.- Hypospadias and its Variant.- Epispadias.- Megalourthera.- Urethral duplication.- Congenital urethral fistula.- Urethral Diverticulum.- Urethral cyst.- Syringocele.- Urethral polyp.- Congenital urethral stricture.- Lacuna magna.- Part VI Acquired Penile Diseases with congenital background.- Complications of Circumcision.- Smegomoma.- Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans.- Phimosis and paraphimosis.- Balanitis.- Dermatological disease.