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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 |init=J |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |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 |issue= |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.