Main description:

This illustrative book discusses the normal embryology, anatomy, functions, normal variations and diseases affecting the prepuce. It also explores other rare anomalies and diseases of the prepuce as well as previously unreported cases. In addition to the male prepuce, the book also discusses the female prepuce (hood) in order to elucidate some lights in normal and abnormal prepuce. A separate section covers the frenulum and its anomalies.

Rich in illustrations this book will help paediatricians and urologists better understand the anomalies of the prepuce.

Contents:

Part 1: Normal Prepuce

1. Prepuce in History

2. Animal Prepuce

3. Embryology of the prepuce

4. Anatomy of the prepuce

5. Histology of the prepuce

6. Function of the prepuce

7. Medical and surgical uses of prepuce

Part 2: Congenital Preputial anomalies: -

8. Aposthia

9. Microposthia

10. Macroposthia (Akroposthia)

11. Prepucioplasty for Hooded Prepuce

12. Preputial Lymphedema

13. Preputial Haemangioma

14. Igloo prepuce

15. Rare Preputial anomalies

Part 3: Acquired Diseases of the prepuce: -

16. Smegma and prepuce

17. Phimosis

18. Paraphimosis

19. Posthitis and Balanoposthitis

20. Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO)

21. Zoon's Balanitis

22. Preputial injuries and trauma

23. Preputial Implants

24. Preputial Cyst

25. Preputial Stone

Part 4: Preputial neoplasm:

26. 26. Preputial Angiokeratomas

27. 27. Preputial Warts

28. 28. Preputial Xanthoma

29. 29. Preputial hyperpigmentation:-

30. 30. Preputial malignancy

Part 5: Frenulum:

31. 31. Frenulum and its anomalies

Part 6: Female Prepuce

32. 32. Normal female prepuce

33. 33. Preputial (Hood) Anomalies: