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==Spontaneous disintegration of the synechia==
==Spontaneous disintegration of the synechia==
The inner foreskin is fused from birth with the [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]]. The synechia spontaneously disintegrates to release the foreskin.<ref name="deibart1933" /> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases.
The inner foreskin is fused from birth with the [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]]. The synechia spontaneously disintegrates to release the foreskin.<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
|last=Deibart
|init=GA
|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis
|journal=Anat Rec
|date=1933-11
|volume=57
|issue=
|pages=387-99
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409
|accessdate=2023-08-16
}}</ref> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases.


When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]].
When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]].