Abstract
In primary penile epispadias, the urethra opens on the dorsal aspect of the penis, or the glans. The extent of the defect can vary from a mild glanular defect to complete defect as the one observed in bladder exstrophy, with extension to the bladder neck. Simple epispadias occurs less commonly than the more severe form associated with exstrophy of the bladder. Both corpora cavernosa don’t come close to each other, as in normal condition, giving the look of wide broad and short penis, with a variable degrees of dorsal curvature, usually the anus is appropriately sited and the scrotum also appears normal.
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Fahmy, M. (2017). Epispadias. In: Congenital Anomalies of the Penis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43310-3_25
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