title: Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 3-year-old boy visited our hospital for aberrance of urination. He had a fistula on his ventral penile shaft. Our diagnosis was congenital urethrocutaneous fistula.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We performed one-stage repair transverse preputial onlay island flap urethroplasty. Postoperatively, the patient was voiding comfortably with no recurrence of fistula.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula is rare. Eighteen cases of congenital urethrocutaneous fistula have been reported previously. We consider the etiology of congenital urethrocutaneous fistula as a deficiency of the urethral plate and fusion of urethral folds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohri
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery