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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr;14(4):279-84.

Aphallia: Report of three cases and literature review

Fereshteh Talebpour Amiri  1 , Davood Nasiry Zarrin Ghabaee  2 , Ramezan Ali Naeimi  3 , Seyed Javad Seyedi  3 , Seyed Abdollah Mousavi  4
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Case Reports

Aphallia: Report of three cases and literature review

Fereshteh Talebpour Amiri et al. Int J Reprod Biomed. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Background: Aphallia or penile agenesis is a rare malformation accompanying with no phallus. This anomaly is extremely rare with abnormality of urogenital system and psychological consequences. Its outbreak is estimated 1 out of 10-30 million births.

Case: Reviewing 3 cases of male external genitalia agenesis, which associated with multiple anomalies of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and genitourinary system.

Conclusion: Aphallia has psychosocial consequences and a guarded prognosis. This study showed that if the kidney failure is due to its obstruction, these patients will be born in more favorable conditions and the future treatment measures will be directed to keep the external genitalia (male) through timely diagnosis and prenatal surgery and timely bladder drainage.

Keywords: Aphallia; Associated anomalies; Development of phallus.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Aphallia with Skin tag
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Figure 2
Cystogram represents a Uretrorectal fistula
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Figure 3
Aphallia with Abdominal distention, Position the top navel and clubfoot
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Figure 4
Cystogram showed severe dilation of the bladder and ureter bilateral reflux and rectal fistula
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Figure 5
Aphallia with bifid scrotum
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