Pakistani baby is born with TWO working penises and no anus in extraordinarily rare phenomenon

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Pakistani baby is born with TWO working penises and no anus in extremely rare phenomenon

  • EXCLUSIVE: The boy from Islamabad suffered from the rare condition diphallia
  • Surgeons described both penises as “normally shaped,” but one was 1 cm larger
  • Only 100 cases of diphallia have even been reported in the medical literature

By Emily Stearn, health reporter for Mailonline

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A Pakistani baby was born with two penises – and he could use both.

The boy also had no anus, according to doctors who published the extremely rare case in a medical journal.

Surgeons described both penises as “normally shaped.”

However, one was 1 cm larger than the other.

He was also able to urinate “from both orifices,” surgeons in Islamabad revealed.

In the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, the team wrote that diphallia – as it is medically known – is a defect of one in six million. In fact, only 100 cases have been recorded in the medical literature, the first of which dates back to 1609

Medics left both members intact – though they didn’t reveal why.

They did, however, make an opening for him through a colonoscopy so that he could pass stool.

Write in the Case Reports from the International Journal of Surgerythe team claimed that diphallia – as it is medically known – is a defect of one in six million.

In fact, only 100 cases have been recorded in the medical literature, the first of which dates back to 1609.

Doctors who treated the boy stated that one percent of patients also have an abnormality that affects their anus or rectum.

But they didn’t say whether that meant this child was the world’s first-ever case, as their numbers would suggest.

The boy, born at 36 weeks, was treated at the Children’s Hospital of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.

His parents, who took him to the hospital’s emergency department right after he was born, had no family history of birth defects.

Doctors who examined him saw that he had no anal opening and two “well-formed phalluses,” one of which was 1.5 cm long and the other 2.5 cm long.

Scans revealed he had a single bladder attached to two urethra’s, meaning he urinated from both penises.

Surgeons threaded one end of his colon through an opening in the lower left abdomen so he could defecate.

The boy was monitored for two days after surgery. He was then fired and a follow-up appointment was arranged.

How diphallia arises is unclear and no risk factor is known, but it is thought to happen by chance when genitals develop in the womb.

Patients can have full diphallia, when both penises are well developed, or partial diphallia, when one penis is smaller or malformed.

What is diphallia?

Diphallia is an extremely rare defect in which a boy is born with two penises. The first recorded case dates back to the 1600s.

Triphallia is the term for having three penises.

The condition diphallia is associated with other abnormalities, including being born with two scrotums or anuses.

According to researchers, an estimated one in six million boys is born with the condition.

There is also a higher risk of spina bifida, a congenital developmental disorder that prevents some vertebrates that protect the spinal cord from fully forming and remaining open.

In most cases, the penises are the same size and sit side by side.

In some men, the smaller penis will sit above the larger one.

According to reports, a man with two penises can urinate or ejaculate from one or both.

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