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We have to admit that the prepuce as an exquisitely designed, it is highly innervated and vascularised complex of specialised erogenous structures and it could be affected by different acquired diseases and congenital anomalies; but as it is removed in about 40% of men along the mankind history, so there is no previously convenient opportunity to study throughly the preputial diseases and anomalies. There is no accurate classification exists for preputial anomalies in children and adults, and some of these anomalies are difficult to define or diagnose, while it may significantly alter penile appearance.
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Fahmy, M.A.B. (2020). Introduction. In: Normal and Abnormal Prepuce. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37621-5_1
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