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.
Department of General Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. matthew.boyd@doctors.net.uk
Matthew
M
Boyd
Mark
M
Woodward
Anthony
A
Lambert
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