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Apart from posterior urethral valve, most of the anomalies of the lower urinary tract are quite rare, but here we describe the presentations and clinical characteristics of urethral duplications, penile agenesis/ectopia, enlarged prostatic utricle or vaginal remnant, infected Cowper’s gland and urethral polyps.
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Hutson, J.M. (2021). The Lower Urinary Tract. In: Godbole, P., Wilcox, D.T., Koyle, M.A. (eds) Practical Pediatric Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54020-3_13
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