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Megalourethra

Megalourethra is a congenital disorder of the anterior urethra with a deficiency of distal corpus spongiosum (and sometimes also corpus cavernosum) with angulation and balloon-like dilatation of the urethra. The disease is associated with the prune-belly-syndrome. Treatment depends on the severity of the disorder: circumcising incision, excision of the redundant urethra and longitudinal closure of the urethra over a catheter.

References

Hakimi T. Congenital megalourethra. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Nov 17;84:104926. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104926.

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