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
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.