Open AccessA rare cause of glans penis masses in childhood: Fibroepithelial polyp
Author(s) -
Aydın Şencan,
Aydın Şencan,
Cüneyt Günşar,
Hasan Çayırlı,
Nalan Neşe
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.145550
Subject(s) - glans penis , fibroepithelial polyp , medicine , penis , surgery , ureter
Fibroepithelial polyps of glans penis are very rarely seen in childhood. A 6-month-old male admitted to our institution with a slowly enlarging glans penis mass on the ventral side of the glans penis. The mass was totally excised, and hystopathological diagnosis was a fibroepithelial polyp. All of the reported cases published previously, except one, are of adult age and all of them have been associated with the history of long-term condom catheter use. The presence of the case in childhood; however, suggests that the pathology might be congenital. This is the second pediatric case presented in the English literature.