Absent Penis WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Absent Penis
Absent penis, also referred to as penile agenesis or aphallia, is when a baby who is genetically male is born without a penis. The main options in response to a case of absent penis are either surgery to add a penis or the rearing of the child as a female.
Fast Facts:
- Absent penis is very rare, occurring in fewer than 1 in 20 million boys.
- In absent penis, the scrotum and testicles usually form normally.
- Treating an absent penis will involve a group of doctors including a geneticist, endocrinologist, urologist, pediatrician and mental health experts.
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What is Absent Penis?
- Wikipedia: Aphallia
- Intersex Society of North America: Aphallia Definition
- DrGreene: What is Meant by the Term, “Inconspicuous Penis”?
- Wrong Diagnosis: Introduction: Penis Agenesis
What Are The Symptoms of Absent Penis?
- Mayo Clinic: Signs and Symptoms of Ambiguous Genitalia
- A.D.A.M. (via New York Times Health): Call Your Health Care Provider if | What to Expect at Your Health Care Provider's Office
What Are The Causes and Complications of Absent Penis?
- DSD Guidelines: How Does DSD Happen?
- Wikipedia: Causes of Aphallia
- Mayo Clinic: Causes of Ambigious Genitalia | Risk Factors
- A.D.A.M. (via New York Times Health): Common Causes of Ambiguous Genitalia
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Absent Penis?
- Wikipedia: Gender of Rearing | Assignment in Intersex Conditions
- Mayo Clinic: Treatment of Ambigious Genitalia | Coping Skills
- A.D.A.M. (via New York Times Health): Home Care for Ambiguous Genitalia
- Wrong Diagnosis: May Be Corrected by Surgery
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Absent Penis?
- Wikipedia: Prognosis and Treatment
- The New England Journal of Medicine: Discordant Sexual Identity in Some Genetic Males with Cloacal Exstrophy Assigned to Female Sex at Birth
- Mayo Clinic: Outlook for Ambiguous Genitalia
- Aetna InteliHealth: Male Infertility
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Anorchia Definition
- Group Health: Absent or malformed testicles
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Absent Penis
- New York Times Health : Exploring What Makes Us Male or Female | When Medicine Goes Too Far in the Pursuit of Normality
- University of California at Davis: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center
- Breath Easy: Seventh Blog
- The Social Scene: Nature or Nurture?
- Intersex Awareness: The Great Debate
- Not a Sheep: Gender
Foundations and Support Groups on Absent Penis
- Society of North America: Intersex Support and Education
- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Support and Education
- The Magic Foundation: The Support and Education
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Absent Penis
- Yahoo Groups: Intersex | Transgender News
- Google Groups: Intersex Advocates of Austin
- HealthBoards: Children's Health
- eHealthForum: Newborn Babies | Parenting Community
- WebMD: Newborn - 3 Months | Parenting: 6 - 9 Months
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Absent Penis
- Indian Pediatrics: Aphallia
- PubMed Central: Absent Penis Articles | Intersex Articles
- Google Scholar: Absent Penis Articles
- Journal of the Anatomical Society of India: Penile Agenesis: A Case Report
Clinical Trials on Absent Penis
- Clinical Trials: Intersex Trials
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Heathersull
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Heathersull
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Aphallia, Aphalia, Inconspicuous Penis, Ambiguous Genitalia, Penile agenesis
- Last update: Jun. 3, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
