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Chordee
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| A human penis with chordee in both flaccid and fully erect states. | |
| ICD-10 | N48.8 (ILDS N48.83), Q54.4 |
| ICD-9 | 752.63 |
Chordee is a condition in which the penis curves downward (that is, in a ventral direction)or upward. The curvature is usually most obvious during erection, but resistance to straightening is often apparent in the flaccid state as well. In many cases but not all, chordee is associated with hypospadias.
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It is usually considered a congenital malformation of unknown cause. Since at an early stage of fetal development the penis is curved downward, it has been proposed that chordee results from an arrest of penile development at that stage.
The curvature of a chordee can involve
- tethering of the skin with urethra and corpora of normal size;
- curvature induced by fibrosis and contracture of the fascial tissue (Buck's fascia or dartos) surrounding the urethra;
- disproportionately large corpora in relation to the urethral length without other demonstrable abnormality of either; or
- a short, fibrotic urethra that tethers the penis downward (the least common type).
Severe degrees of chordee are usually associated with hypospadias, but mild degrees of curvature may occur in many otherwise normal males. When the curved penis is small and accompanied by hypospadias, deficiency of prenatal androgen effect can be inferred. [[Image: Example.jpg
The principal treatment of chordee is surgery in infancy,[1] usually by a pediatric urologist.
The preferred time for surgery is between the ages of 6 and 18 months, before the child develops castration and body image anxiety.
Correction is usually successful.
- ^ Braga LH, Pippi Salle JL, Dave S, Bagli DJ, Lorenzo AJ, Khoury AE (2007). "Outcome analysis of severe chordee correction using tunica vaginalis as a flap in boys with proximal hypospadias". J. Urol. 178 (4 Pt 2): 1693–7; discussion 1697. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.166. PMID 17707021.
- URO80 at FPnotebook
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| Genital organs (overview) |
female: Uterine malformation - Mullerian agenesis - Uterine didelphys - Clitoromegaly
male: Cryptorchidism - Hypospadias - Chordee - Monorchism - Micropenis - Penile agenesis Pseudohermaphroditism |
| Urinary system | kidney/ureter: Renal agenesis/Potter syndrome - cystic (Polycystic kidney disease, Meckel syndrome, Multicystic dysplastic kidney) - Ectopic ureter - Horseshoe kidney - Renal ectopia
bladder/urethra: Epispadias - Bladder exstrophy urachus: Urachal cyst |
| See also non-congenital reproductive and urinary conditions (N, 580-629) | |