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(Pediatrics in Review. 2006;27:477-478.)
© 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics

In Brief

The Foreskin

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Treatment of Phimosis with Topical Steroids in 194 Children. Ashfield JE, Nickel KR, Siemens DR, et al. J Urol. 2003;169 :1106 –1108[CrossRef][Medline] Paraphimosis: Current Treatment Options. Choe JM. Am Fam Physician. 2000;62 :2623 –2626[Medline] Circumcision Policy Statement. American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force on Circumcision. Pediatrics. 1999;103 :686 –693[Abstract/Free Full Text] A Cost-Utility Analysis of Neonatal Circumcision. Van Howe RS. Med Decis Making. 2004; 24:584 –601[Abstract]

The foreskin or prepuce is the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis. At about 8 to 9 weeks’ gestation, skin from the body of the penis begins to grow forward. It eventually covers the glans penis, often with as much as 1 cm of redundant foreskin extending beyond the glans. The skin on the shaft of the penis becomes keratinized, while the surface of the foreskin adjacent to the glans is lined by squamous epithelium similar to mucosa of the mouth, vagina, and esophagus. The foreskin has a protective function by internalizing the glans penis and urethral meatus, similar to the eyelid covering the globe of the eye.

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Michael R. Lawless, MD
 Wake Forest University Health Services
Winston-Salem, NC

Janet R. Serwint, MD, Consulting Editor, In Brief




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