in this report we introduce two cases of penile agenesis. the first case was a newborn with male appearance and a well developed scrotum containing two normal testes, but the penis and urethral meatus were absent. the bladder was connected to the rectum by an intra-abdominal canal. the second case was a premature newbron of 32 weeks, who died in the first day of life. in addition to penile agen...

Primary Tuberculosis of penis is an extremely rare entity, even in the developing countries. We report a case of a 31 years old male patient who presented to us with some ulcerated lesions on the glans penis and was diagnosed as primary tuberculosis of glans penis, confirmed by biopsy and supported by a strongly positive Mantoux test and positive TB-PCR. The patient responded to anti- tubercula...

Ischemia of the glans penis is a rare postcircumcision complication. We describe a four-year-old boy developing ischemia of the glans penis 48 h after circumcision. The ischemia completely resolved following treatment with iv pentoxifylline (PTX) for six days, and the patient was discharged without any problems. PTX treatment should be kept in mind as an alternative treatment modality in ischem...

Malformations of the Penis Hypospadias is the most common malformation (1 in 250 live male births). It refers to the abnormal location of the distal urethral orifice along the ventral aspect of the penis. The urethral orifice is sometimes constricted, resulting in urinary tract obstruction. Epispadias: the urethral orifice is situated on the dorsal aspect of the penis. Like hypospadias, epispad...

In the apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata), females have an undifferentiated mass of tissue near the anus. Although this mass is called the vestigial penis, there are no signs of a hermaphroditic gonad or any structure that represents a transition from one sex to the other. Based on considerations of the steroid hormone theory of reproduction and in view of disruption of endocrine systems in mol...

A 83-year-old man presented to the urology department with a painful swelling of the glans penis. The patient was admitted from the emergency department for pneumonia and urinary tract infection two days before, and a urethral catheter was placed. Physical examination showed preputial edema and a swollen glans penis associated with an ischemia-related hemorrhagic mucosal suffusion (Fig. 1). A d...

background current surgical treatments in peyronie's disease are accompanied by complications such as penile shortening, loss of sensation, erectile dysfunction and recurrence of disease. the aim of this study was the evaluation of clinical results of intracavernosal plaque excision in peyronie's disease. methods the operation was performed on 35 men. it was consisted of incising the ...

To account for the bell- or acorn-shaped glans penis, in 1995 Baker and Bellis put forward their ‘semen-displacement hypothesis’. They argued that existence of penis is indicative a promiscuous phase our evolutionary past, which females would commonly mate with several males rapid succession. within this scenario distinctive shape evolved so as to enable displacement rival males’ semen. The ide...