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What Causes Penis To Get Attached To Scrotum In New Born Babies?

My neice delivered twins on May 13., 7 weeks premature. The smallest had TAPVR for which surgery was performed and he is recovering well. He penis is also attached to his scrotum and he has ear tags that look like large bubbles on the outside of his right ear. The other twin appears to be normal. Could any one particular thing cause these deformities? I was concerned because she stripped her hair and dyed it hot pink in the 14th week of her pregnancy.
Wed, 10 Feb 2016
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Hi, I am Dr.Diana and would be happy to answer your querry. Any skin tags outside the ear- we call it as pre-auricular skin tag, could be internally associated with certain kidney related problems. So an ultrasound abdomen to look at the kidneys is very important for this twin. Well, there can be a few syndromic associations, wherein the heart kidney and the genital abnormalities can be associated together. Also your description about the genitalia is not very clear, but i get it that there is some kind of genital abnormality.
Very unlikely that dying the hair at 14th week could cause any of these changes since the organ formation happen in the first 12 weeks.
I hope I have been able to clarify your doubts and please feel free to contact us if you have any further querries on this issue. Thank you. Take care.
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What Causes Penis To Get Attached To Scrotum In New Born Babies?

Hi, I am Dr.Diana and would be happy to answer your querry. Any skin tags outside the ear- we call it as pre-auricular skin tag, could be internally associated with certain kidney related problems. So an ultrasound abdomen to look at the kidneys is very important for this twin. Well, there can be a few syndromic associations, wherein the heart kidney and the genital abnormalities can be associated together. Also your description about the genitalia is not very clear, but i get it that there is some kind of genital abnormality. Very unlikely that dying the hair at 14th week could cause any of these changes since the organ formation happen in the first 12 weeks. I hope I have been able to clarify your doubts and please feel free to contact us if you have any further querries on this issue. Thank you. Take care.