Median Raphe Cyst of the Penis.
- Author:
Won hyoung KANG
;
Seung Hun LEE
;
Jin Soo KANG
;
Sung Nack LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anal Canal;
Ectoderm;
Epithelium;
Genitalia, Male;
Humans;
Male;
Penis*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1981;19(6):951-955
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Median raphe cyst is not a cornmon disease and represents a defect in the embryologic development of male genitalia. It occurs most commonly near the glans penis, but may occur anywhere from the urethral meatus to the anus, and is lined by entodermal or ectodermal epithelium. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. Recently we observed a 29-year-old male patient who had had a typical median raphe cyst since childhood on the ventral aspect of the glans penis. On histological examination, the cyst was lined by stratified columnar epithelium varied from four to eight cells in thickness.
