Abstract
Megalourethra is a rare but surgically correctible malformation of the urogenital mesenchymal of the male anterior urethra and erectile tissue of penis, characterized by severe dilatation of the penile urethra due to congenital absence of the corpus spongiosum and corpus cavernosum. It presents as two types, a milder scaphoid type and severe fusiform type. The prognosis is related to the degree of associated renal impairment and the severity of other accompanying congenital anomalies.
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Fahmy, M. (2017). Megalourethra. In: Congenital Anomalies of the Penis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43310-3_26
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