Open main menu Hirsuties coronae glandis Glans penis with hirsuties papillaris glandis Classification and external resources Specialty Dermatology ICD - 10 N48.89 ICD - 9-CM 607.89 eMedicine article/1058826 Hirsuties coronae glandis (also known as "hirsutoid papillomas" [ 1 ] and "pearly penile papules ") [ 1 ] are small protuberances that may form on the ridge of the glans of the human penis . They are a harmless anatomical variation . Though sometimes confused with HPV infection, the papules are not a sexually transmitted infection and are not contagious. The papules appear as one or several rows of small, pearly or flesh-colored, smooth, dome-topped bumps situated circumferentially around the corona or sulcus of the glans. They may range in size from less than 1 mm to 3 mm. [ 2 ] As of 1999, different studies have produced estimates of i...