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Congenital Anomalies: Too many, Too few...
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- Diphallus:
- duplication of the penis
- rare anomaly that may range from small accessory penis to the real deal...times two.
- associated anomalies: hypospadias, bifid scrotum, duplicated bladder, renal agenesis/ ectopia, etc. etc.
- Aphallia (penile agenesis)
- results from failure of the genital tubercle to develop
- incidence: 1/10,000,000 live male births (only 70 reported cases)
- usually has appearance of well-developed scrotum with bilaterally descended testes, but no penile shaft
- urethral opening most often on the anal verge adjacent to a small skin tag; otherwise, may be in rectum
- associated anomalies: cryptorchidism, horseshoe kidney, renal agenesis, imperforate anus, etc. etc.
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