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Smegma has characteristic slimy odour, composed of epithelial debris, fat, and proteins. It has mixed bacterial flora with smegum bacillus (Mycobacterium smegmatis) in 50 % of man. It is secreted in both female and male mammalian genitalia. Smegma was originally thought to be produced by sebaceous glands near the frenulum called Tyson’s glands; however, subsequent studies have failed to find such glands.
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Fahmy, M. (2017). Smegmoma “Smegma Collection in Health and Disease”. In: Congenital Anomalies of the Penis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43310-3_36
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