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| Penile Duplication |
| Etiology |
•Congential and developmental. |
| Pathogenesis |
•Developmental. |
| Epidemiology |
•This congenital anomaly is rare. |
| Clinical |
•Penile duplication may be associated with duplication of the urethra and
bladder. •Non-urologic abnormalities that have been reported in association with penile duplication include: imperforate anus, duplication of the colon, myelomeningocele, and congenital heart anomalites. |
| General Gross Description |
•The duplication
may be partial to complete. •The two penises usually lie side by side and are of equal size. |
| General Micro Description |
•There are no specific light microscopic features. |
| Reference |
•Urologic Pathology, Murphy WM.(ed). Philadelphia: Saunders, 1989, pp.381.
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