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There is a vein on the top side of my penis.not on the shaft but on the top when i pull the skin away. what couses this to happen?

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Dr. George Klauber answered

Specializes in Pediatric Urology

Probably normal: Assume ur referring to vein on the foreskin. Bulge likely caused by some tightness of foreskin.

Answered 4/15/2013

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A member asked:

There is a vein on the top side of my penis.not on the shaft but on the top when i pull the skin away. what couses this to happen?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. George Klauber answered

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