Case of a congenital urethral duplication being unmasked following circumcision for balanitis xerotica obliterans.
We present the case of an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with an Effmann Type II A1 urethral duplication after routine circumcision for balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO). We discuss the pathophysiology, investigation and management both of BXO and urethral duplication.
Boyd
Matthew
M
Department of General Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. matthew.boyd@doctors.net.uk
Woodward
Mark
M
Lambert
Anthony
A
D052798:Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging