phimosis

Also known as redundant prepuce and phimosis, phimosis (disorder), tight foreskin, tight foreskin (finding), tight frenulum

OverviewAI-generated

Phimosis is a medical condition documented in various health databases. It is categorized under the NCI Thesaurus with the identifier C26852 and assigned the ICPC 2 code Y81. The condition is also linked to the Disease Ontology identifier DOID:2712.

Information regarding phimosis is available through multiple online sources, including a specific webpage on bacsisaigon.net. A search for the term on PubMed yields 1875 results. The subject is referenced by 91 other encyclopedia articles, indicating its presence in broader medical literature.

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Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Phimosis
Medical condition (new).field: Urology
Medical condition (new).pronounce: or
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Unable to pull the foreskin back past the glans
Medical condition (new).complications: Balanitis, penile cancer, urinary retention
Medical condition (new).onset: Normal at birth
Medical condition (new).duration: Typically resolves by 18 years old
Medical condition (new).causes: Normal, balanitis, balanitis xerotica obliterans
Medical condition (new).risks: Diaper rash, poor cleaning, diabetes
Medical condition (new).differential: Hair tourniquet, lymphedema of the penis
Medical condition (new).prevention: Steroid cream, stretching exercises, circumcision
Medical condition (new).frequency: 1%–2% (in uncircumcised males 18 years or older)
Medical condition (new).image: Phimosis.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: Phimosis can prevent the foreskin from retracting during an erection.

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Research

1,875 papers

Prepuce: phimosis, paraphimosis, and circumcision.ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal · 2011Hayashi Y, Kojima Y, Mizuno K et al.DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.31
[Phimosis in children].ReviewMMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2021Eismann L, Riccabona M, Stief CG et al.DOI: 10.1007/s15006-021-9902-y
Phimosis.ReviewThe Practitioner · 1997Fox E
Prevalence of Phimosis in Males of All Ages: Systematic Review.Urology · 2020Morris BJ, Matthews JG, Krieger JNDOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2019.10.003
[Capsular phimosis].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2021Taneri SDOI: 10.1007/s00347-021-01451-z
[Phimosis].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2012Rübben I, Rübben HDOI: 10.1007/s00120-012-2942-2
Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Moreno G, Ramirez C, Corbalán J et al.DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008973.pub3
[Phimosis: medical treatment or circumcision?].ReviewArchives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie · 2005Bréaud J, Guys JMDOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.02.029

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: disease
Image: Phimosis penis.jpg

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described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Commons category: Phimosis
NCI Thesaurus ID: C26852
health specialty: urology
ICPC 2 ID: Y81
exact match: identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2712
described at URL: bacsisaigon.net/hep-bao-quy-dau.html
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

Signs and symptoms
Severity
Cause
Treatment
Nonsurgical
Surgical
Prognosis
Epidemiology
History
References
External links

Phimosis (from Greek φίμωσις phimōsis 'muzzling') is a condition in which the foreskin of the penis cannot stretch to allow it to be pulled back past the glans. A balloon-like swelling under the foreskin may occur with urination. In teenagers and adults, it may result in pain during an erection, but is otherwise not painful. Those affected are at greater risk of inflammation of the glans, known as balanitis, and other complications.

In infancy, phimosis is considered physiological (normal). At birth, the foreskin is naturally adhered to the glans, and cannot be retracted. As the child ages, in most cases, the foreskin will naturally detach. In young boys, it is normal not to be able to pull back the foreskin at all. Over 90% of cases resolve by the age of seven, although full retraction is still prevented by balanopreputial adhesions in over half at this age. Occasionally, phimosis may be caused by an underlying condition such as scarring due to balanitis or balanitis xerotica obliterans. This can typically be diagnosed by seeing scarring of the opening of the foreskin.

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