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Start free with EleplanNon-syndromic posterior hypospadias
ORPHA:95706Morphological anomaly
Also called Hypospadias, severe form · Perineal, scrotal or penoscrotal hypospadias
What it is
A rare, non-syndromic, congenital, urogenital tract malformation affecting males and characterized by penoscrotal, scrotal or perineal displacement of the urethral meatus, and commonly associated with curvation of the penis. The scrotum might appear bifid in severe cases, and the boy can also have a micropenis.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000 (at birth, Europe)
- Age of onset
- Antenatal, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Multigenic/multifactorial, X-linked recessive
- Classified as
- Morphological anomaly
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Signs and symptoms
Sometimes5–29%
11- Abnormality of the endocrine system
- Anal atresia
- Androgen insufficiency
- Anxiety
- Bifid scrotum
- Cleft palate
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Depression
and 3 more in this range
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
Genes
ICD-10 codes
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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