Hair tourniquet syndrome of penis: A rare situation in boys with serious complications if not recognized

Özet

Penile Hair Tourniquet Syndrome (HTS) is a rare event but a serious syndrome characterized by the pres-ence of a hair coiled around the coronal sulcus of penis which causes a range of pathologies from glandular swelling to necrosis and amputation of penis. If diagnosis is delayed, long-term complications such as ure-thral fistula, urethral transection, and penile gangrene or amputation develop. Penile HTS is almost exclu-sively described in circumcised boys. Prevention of such major complications depends on awareness of the etiology and presence of a high index of suspicion. Herein, we aimed to present a boy who was 4 years old with a penile HTS caused by wrapping of his mother’s hair coil.