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[[File:Hypo1a.jpg|thumb|An [[foreskin|uncircumcised]] human penis with chordee.]]-->
'''Chordee''' is a condition in which the position of the [[glans penis]] is deflected upward or downward at the junction between the head and the shaft of the [[penis]]. Chordee usually is congenital and frequently occurs with hypospadias<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Chordee
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}}</ref> Chordee is distinguished from Peyronie's Disease.
Chordee also may be caused by a [[circumcision ]] operation.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Kaplan
|first=George W.
|init=GW |author-link=George W. Kaplan
|etal=no
|title=Complications of circumcision
|journal=Urol Clin N Amer
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|accessdate=2022-02-23
}}</ref><ref name="krill2011">{{REFjournal
|last=Krill
|first=Aaron J.
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|last2=Palmer
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|init2=LS
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|last3=Palmer
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|title=Complications of circumcision
|journal=ScientificWorldJournal
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|date=2011-12-26
|volume=11
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|pages=2458-68
|url=https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2011/373829/
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|DOI=10.1100/2011/373829
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}}</ref> Chordee is more common in Nigeria where child circumcision is carried out by traditional practitioners.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Circumcision mishaps in Nigerian children
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[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Nigeria]]
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