Hypospadias

Hypospadias

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Diagnosis

Hypospadias is typically diagnosed during a newborn examination. The opening of the urethra is below the tip of the penis. The penis may be curved and the foreskin not completely formed around the entire tip of the penis. Occasionally, a specific type of hypospadias, known as megameatus intact prepuce variant of hypospadias, is not noted until a circumcision has been performed.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Last updated May 15, 2007