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=== Causes === | === Causes === | ||
In a child who is circumcised, persistent exposure of the meatus to [[urine]] and mechanical trauma from rubbing against a wet diaper results in ammoniacal dermatitis, loss of meatal epithelium, and fusion of its ventral edges. This results in a pinpoint orifice at the tip of the glans. | In a child who is circumcised, persistent exposure of the meatus to [[urine]] and mechanical trauma from rubbing against a wet diaper results in ammoniacal dermatitis,<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Brennemann | |||
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|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/brennemann1/ | |||
|title=The ulcerated meatus in the circumcised child | |||
|journal=Am J Dis Child | |||
|date=1921 | |||
|volume=21 | |||
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|pages=38-47 | |||
|accessdate=2022-01-25 | |||
}}</ref> loss of meatal epithelium, and fusion of its ventral edges. This results in a pinpoint orifice at the tip of the glans. | |||
Other causes of meatal stenosis include the following: | Other causes of meatal stenosis include the following: | ||