Duplication of the urethral meatus: case report of distal hypospadias and a glandular urethra.
An unusual example of congenital fistula of the distal urethra presenting in a 3-year-old boy is described. The likelihood of this deformity being a variant of hypospadias is explored and theories of the embryology of the anomaly are discussed.
Lees
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St. Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery, Billericay, Essex, UK.
Sommerlad
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000196:embryology; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology