Spontaneous extrusion of male genital pearling

Marco Vella; Alberto Abrate; Stefania Zerbo; Antonietta Lanzarone; Carlo Pavone; Alchiede Simonato

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101728

Spontaneous extrusion of male genital pearling

Urol Case Rep. 2021 May 23:38:101728. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101728. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Marco Vella¹, Alberto Abrate², Stefania Zerbo³, Antonietta Lanzarone³, Carlo Pavone¹, Alchiede Simonato¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Urology, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, ASST Valtellina e Alto Lario, Sondrio Italy.
³ Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care "G.D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Abstract

Pearling is a practice of inserting small beads beneath the skin of the genitalia. Patients generally underwent this practice believing that this would have made their penis bigger and able to better satisfy their partners during intercourse. Pearling can cause complications. We report a case of spontaneous extrusion of genital pearling exiting in a granuloma of the inner face of the foreskin.

Keywords: Complications; Penile pearling; Spontaneous extrusion; Symbolism.

Publication types

Case Reports