Epispadias

Epispadias
SpecialtyMedical genetics, urology 
FrequencyRare

Epispadias is a birth defect in which the urethra fails to fully develop, resulting in urine leaving the body from an abnormal site. In males, this may be an opening on the upper aspect of the penis, and in females when the urethra develops too far anteriorly. It occurs in around one in 117,000 newborn boys and one in 484,000 newborn girls.

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