mi·cro·phal·lus (m  kr -f l  s)n. See micropenis. |
microphallus
[-fal′əs]
Etymology: Gk, mikros + phallos, penis
an abnormally small penis. When it is observed in the newborn, the nurse examines the child for other signs of ambiguous genitalia. Also called micropenis. See also ambiguous genitalia.
Micropenis
Defined by statistics as a penis that is 2.5 standard deviations below the average penis length for the age of the individual. A micropenis for a newborn male is 1.9 cm or less, and for an adult, 7 cm or less
Aetiology Idiopathic, a common finding in obese infants and boys or may be related to decreased hormonal axis activity, as in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism—Kallmann syndrome—Prader-Willi syndrome, Rud syndrome, septo-optic dysplasia, primary hypogonadism or Klinefelter’s disease, partial androgen insufficiency. Micropenis may be a component of various congenital—e.g., Carpenter, Cornelia de Lange, Down, Fanconi, Hallermann-Streiff, 18q deletion, Noonan, Robinow, Williams—syndromes, hypopituitarism, X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia
Aetiology Idiopathic, a common finding in obese infants and boys or may be related to decreased hormonal axis activity, as in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism—Kallmann syndrome—Prader-Willi syndrome, Rud syndrome, septo-optic dysplasia, primary hypogonadism or Klinefelter’s disease, partial androgen insufficiency. Micropenis may be a component of various congenital—e.g., Carpenter, Cornelia de Lange, Down, Fanconi, Hallermann-Streiff, 18q deletion, Noonan, Robinow, Williams—syndromes, hypopituitarism, X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia
microphallus
abnormal smallness of the penis.
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