[Congenital anomalies of the penis in children. A few consideration about 92 cases].

The authors present their experience of 92 cases of anomalies of the penis, hypospadias excepted, occurring in children between 12 months and 10 years old, during the last 5 years, in their Pediatric Surgical Department. In the literature, there are reported only many single cases of these anomalies, for the most part associated in serious multiple malformations, or with hypospadias. The children included in this report present the anomalies of the penis as a sole malformations. The classification of these anomalies was made by embryological criteria and by the frequency of occurrence. In 41 cases there was congenital curvature of the penis, in 9 cases there was a webbed penis, in 6 cases a concealed penis. Torsion of the penis occurred in 6 cases (in 5 anticlockwise) the microphallus in 5 cases. The "hypospadias without hypospadias" occurred in 5 cases, in the others there was an association among these anomalies. The authors emphasize the importance of these malformations for the children and their families, also in order to prevent, also serious, psychological effects.