Meatal stenosis is a relatively common acquired condition - TopicsExpress



          

Meatal stenosis is a relatively common acquired condition occurring in 9%-10% of males who are circumcised. After circumcision, a child who is not toilet-trained persistently exposes the meatus to urine, resulting in inflammation (ammoniacal dermatitis) and mechanical trauma as the meatus rubs against a wet diaper. This causes the loss of the delicate epithelial lining of the distal urethra. This loss may result in adherence of the epithelial lining at the ventral side, leaving a pinpoint orifice at the tip of the glans. Because this condition is exceedingly rare in uncircumcised children, circumcision is believed to be the most important causative factor of meatal stenosis. emedicine.medscape/article/1016016-overview
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:02:24 +0000

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