陰茎前位陰嚢の1例

Abstract

Transposition of the penis and scrotum is a rare congenital anomaly in which the scrotum is located above the penis. A baby was born December 21, 1971 at another hospital and admitted to Nara Medical University Hospital 7 days after birth and visited our department 16 days after birth. Examination revealed prepenile scrotum in which scrotum assumes a position anterior to the penis, imperforated anus with urethrorectal fistula and cleft palate and lip. His mother has history of administration of progesterone at the third month of preguany because of genital bleeding. Plastic operation for cleft palate and lip was performed but postoperative course was eventful and died the following day. The literature on prepenile scrotum has been reviewed and 20 cases in foreign countries and 5 cases in Japan were reported.