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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of median raphe cyst in three large reviews

From: Median raphe cyst of the penis: a case report and review of the literature

 

Shao et al. [5]

Matsuyama et al. [3]

Navalon-Monllor et al. [4]

No. of cases

55a

23

28

Cyst size range

0.2–2.1 cm

0.1 to > 1 cm

0.5–3.5 cm

Mean size of cyst

0.88 cm

NA

1.1 cm

Cyst location

 Parameatal

19 (33.9)

b

8 (28)

 Glans penis

4 (7.1)

 Penile shaft

24 (42.9)

11 (47.8)

10 (36)

 Scrotum/perineum

2 (3.6)

2 (8.7)

2 (7)

 Prepuce

7 (12.7)

3 (11)

 Multiple areas

 

4 (17.4)

2 (7)

 Corona/balanic frenulum

 

6 (26.1)

3 (11)

Symptoms

 Asymptomatic

40 (72.7)

19 (82.6)

22 (79)

 Symptomatic

15 (27.3)

4 (17.3)

4 (21)

  1. MRC Median raphe cyst, NA Not available
  2. Data in parentheses are percentages
  3. a55 Patients with 56 MRCs
  4. bAuthors have taken parameatal urethral cysts (PUCs) as a separate category and compared them with MRCs. The PUC group had 46 patients, and the MRC group had 23 patients. Thus, PUCs formed in 66% of their cases