title: Congenital torsion of the penis in father-son pairs.
abstract: Congenital torsion of the penis was observed in 5 newborns, 3 of whom had fathers with torsion of the penis. We believe that this common benign condition may be transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality