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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 11:5:2050313X17745205.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X17745205. eCollection 2017.

Giant urethrocutaneous fistula following ritual circumcision in an infant with congenital anterior urethral diverticula

Mahmoudreza Moradi  1 , Kaveh Kaseb  2 , Haress Rezaee  2
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Giant urethrocutaneous fistula following ritual circumcision in an infant with congenital anterior urethral diverticula

Mahmoudreza Moradi et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Circumcision is the most common operation with multiple complications. One of these complications is surgical such as urethrocutaneous fistula due to traumatic and ischemic injury during the operation. A 9-month infant with a history of swelling on the ventral aspect of the penile urethra during micturition was circumcised ritually in 3 months of birth and 6 months later was referred to Imam Reza Hospital with giant ventral fistula in the distal of the penis.

Keywords: Urethrocutaneous fistula; circumcision; urethral diverticula.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Giant urethrocutaneous fistula in the distal of the penis.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Repair of the giant urethrocutaneous fistula in the distal of the penis.
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One year after fistula repair.
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