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DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275750
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
When is a Scrotal Swelling not a Scrotal Swelling?
Publication History
Publication Date:
15 June 2011 (online)

Introduction
Cloacogenic cysts are uncommon midline congenital anomalies. They can occur anywhere along the median raphe but are most commonly found at the distal penis and scrotum. Median raphe cyst, median raphe canal, genitoperineal raphe cyst, parameatal raphe cyst, cloacogenic cyst and anterior perineal sinus are all terms that have been used to describe these lesions. We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with cloacogenic cysts extending from the anal verge to the base of the scrotum.
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Correspondence
Prof. Martin Corbally
Our Lady's Children's Hospital
Crumlin
Department of Paediatric Surgery
Dublin
Ireland
Email: martin.corbally@gmail.com