1. Congenital posterior urethral perineal fistulae: a unique form of urethral duplication
- Author
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Arnold H. Colodny, Stuart B. Bauer, Joseph R. Wagner, W. Hardy Hendren, Michael C. Carr, and Alan B. Retik
- Subjects
Dorsum ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,business.industry ,Urology ,Fistula ,Urethral duplication ,Signs and symptoms ,Anatomy ,medicine.disease ,Perineum ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Urethra ,Child, Preschool ,Gene duplication ,Medicine ,Humans ,Abnormalities, Multiple ,Congenital disease ,business - Abstract
Three unique cases of urethral duplication, often referred to as congenital posterior urethral perineal fistulae, are presented. Presenting signs and symptoms, evaluation, and treatment are discussed, and the literature is reviewed. Although labeled as a fistula in the literature, this entity most likely represents a distinct type of urethral duplication. A functional dorsal urethra separates it from the other forms of urethral duplication.
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- 1996