Male gender assignment in aphallia: a case report and review of the literature.
Aphallia is known to be a very rare congenital malformation, with an occurrence of 1 in every 30 million births; only 75 cases have been reported in the literature till recently (Hendren WH. J Urol 1997; 157: 1469-1474). Gender reassingnment is recommended for the affected newborns in infancy (Elder JS. In: Walsh PC, Retik AB, eds. Campbell's Urology. Philadelphia: Saunders: 12343-12344). We herewith report a patient of aphallia who presented at the age of 16 years and was treated with phallus reconstruction and urethral reconstruction.
Chibber
Percy Jal
PJ
Department of Urology, Sir J. J. Hospitals & Grant Medical College, Byculla, Mumbai, India. chibber@hathway.com
Shah
Hemendra N
HN
Jain
Pritesh
P
Yadav
Prabha
P
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods