title: [Research advances in the diagnosis and treatment of inconspicuous penis of children].
abstract: Inconspicuous penis is a group of symptoms that can make penis body not be showed normally instead of a kind of simple disease. They are presented with conclude concealed penis, buried penis, webbed penis and trapped penis. Most of them are resulting from congenital abnormality except the trapped penis. The diminutive penis caused by hypospadia and intersex and micropenis resulted from endocrine disease does not belong to this category. Pathological changes of concealed penis, buried penis and webbed penis are congenital but trapped penis is caused by acquired reasons. It's not difficult to make the diagnosis by the pathological and clinical manifestations. According to different age's indication, type and severity of the disease, corresponding surgery method ought to be chosen and the curative effect can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China. machenghai@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cheng-Hai
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010413:Penis / Q000002:abnormalities*