Case Reports
15 July 2025
Vol. 47 No. 1 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.358

Phimosis in hooded foreskin is a curious presentation in adolescents: case series

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Phimosis, adolescent, children, hooded foreskin
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Carmine Noviello
carmine.noviello@unicampania.it
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Woman, Child, General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
Ilaria Cascone
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Woman, Child, General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
Gaia De Francesco
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Woman, Child, General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
Mercedes Romano
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Woman, Child, General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
Mirko Bertozzi
Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Francesco Miele
Department of Integrated Activities in Surgery, Orthopedy and Hepato-Gastroenterology, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
Alfonso Papparella
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Woman, Child, General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.

Phimosis is a pathological condition in children and is easy to diagnose. In particular cases it can be associated with curious malformations of the foreskin. Four adolescents (aged from 9 to 13 years) presented at our attention because of a phimosis with hooded foreskin. Symptoms complained were: balanitis, urinary infection, preputial urinary retention, or psychological problems. One of the cases was asymptomatic. No other malformations were present. The surgical treatment was to remove the hooded foreskin and treat the ventral part of the skin of the penis to avoid abnormal curvatures. This type of malformation should be recognized and treated even if asymptomatic because it can create psychological problems in adolescence. The surgical treatment must prevent penile curvatures.

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Phimosis in hooded foreskin is a curious presentation in adolescents: case series. (2025). La Pediatria Medica E Chirurgica, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2025.358
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