Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Shawl scrotum
Scrotum surrounds penis
HP:0000049
What it means
Superior margin of the scrotum superior to the base of the penis.
A congenital overriding scrotum may disappear with growth and development, especially during puberty. If the entire scrotum is located superior to the penis, the term Penoscrotal transposition is used instead.
Rare diseases that can present with this17
Very common80–99%
4Common30–79%
4Sometimes5–29%
9- 17q12microdeletion syndrome
- 17q23.1q23.2microdeletion syndrome
- Barber-Say syndrome
- Craniofrontonasal dysplasia
- DYRK1A-related intellectual disability syndrome due to 21q22.13q22.2 microdeletion
- Dysmorphism-short stature-deafness-difference of sex development syndrome
- Fibulo-ulnar hypoplasia-renal anomalies syndrome
- Infantile multisystem neurologic-endocrine-pancreatic disease
and 1 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Overriding scrotum
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