Citation

Capelli TK, Gupta AK, Burgos MI, Hus N. Cureus 2020; 12(6): e8451.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Curēus)

DOI

10.7759/cureus.8451

PMID

32637288 PMCID

Abstract

A four-year-old male restrained passenger in the rear seat was in a motor vehicle collision. He had pain and swelling in the tip of the penis with the inability to micturate. The patient on evaluation had an isolated injury of the prepuce. The patient underwent an evaluation to rule out underlying penile/urethra and associated injury of kidney and bladder. The patient had an isolated injury to prepuce, causing urinary retention for which he underwent circumcision.

Language: en

Keywords

blunt injury to genitalia; circumcision; motor vehicle collison; penile injury; prepuce injury