Shawl scrotum

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Shawl scrotum
SpecialtyUrology

Shawl scrotum is a condition in which the scrotum surrounds the penis, resembling a 'shawl'.[1]

It is a characteristic of some syndromes such as Aarskog-Scott syndrome (faciodigitogenital syndrome), Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome, craniofrontonasal dysplasia, Hunter Carpenter McDonald Syndrome, Naguib Syndrome, Saito-Kuba-Tsuruta syndrome, Ieshima Koeda Inagaki syndrome, Cystic fibrosis Gastritis Megaloblastic Anemia, Willems de Vries syndrome, Schinzel syndrome and Seaver Cassidy syndrome.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Reardon, William (2008). "Shawl Scrotum and Penoscrotal Transposition". The bedside dysmorphologist. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-0-19-530045-1.