Isolated megalourethra: A rare case report and review of literature

Megalourethra is a rare congenital disorder of anterior urethra and erectile tissue of penis. It mainly appears in two types—a milder scaphoid type and severe fusiform type. Fusiform type is commonly associated with congenital anomalies of various systems of the body. Isolated megalourethra without...

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Autores principales: Mohan, Chandra G., Prakash, Surya V., Kumar, Vijay V., Babu, Ramesh G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197200
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.136481
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Prakash, Surya V.
Kumar, Vijay V.
Babu, Ramesh G.
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description Megalourethra is a rare congenital disorder of anterior urethra and erectile tissue of penis. It mainly appears in two types—a milder scaphoid type and severe fusiform type. Fusiform type is commonly associated with congenital anomalies of various systems of the body. Isolated megalourethra without other congenital anomalies is extremely rare. We report one such case which was detected postnatally and successfully treated by reduction urethroplasty.
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spelling pubmed-41556392014-09-05 Isolated megalourethra: A rare case report and review of literature Mohan, Chandra G. Prakash, Surya V. Kumar, Vijay V. Babu, Ramesh G. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Megalourethra is a rare congenital disorder of anterior urethra and erectile tissue of penis. It mainly appears in two types—a milder scaphoid type and severe fusiform type. Fusiform type is commonly associated with congenital anomalies of various systems of the body. Isolated megalourethra without other congenital anomalies is extremely rare. We report one such case which was detected postnatally and successfully treated by reduction urethroplasty. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4155639/ /pubmed/25197200 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.136481 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155639/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.136481
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