BACKGROUND Diphallus is an extremely rare anomaly. Numerous associated genitourinary, gastrointestinal and other anomalies have been described with diphallus. These patients need several investigations, and finally surgical intervention. CASES PRESENTATION In this report we discuss six patients with diphallus which evaluated retrospectively. Five patients had complete diphallia, and one had b...

Malformations are important causes of infant mortality, chronic disease and disability in many countries, causing 3.2million disabilities per year. The VATERL association includes vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistulaand renal dysplasia, as well limb abnormalities. This case report aims to provide the general characteristics theVACTERL discuss other cases found medical lite...

Fraser syndrome is characterised by cryptophthalmos, cutaneous syndactyly, malformations of the larynx and genitourinary tract, craniofacial dysmorphism, orofacial clefting, mental retardation, and musculoskeletal anomalies. The inheritance is autosomal recessive. No diagnostic cytogenetic abnormalities have been documented in affected patients, and no molecular genetic studies have been report...

This description is mainly based on experience gained at Great Ormond Street over the past nine years-about 300 cases having been admitted. It owes much to the teaching of Denis Browne. The classification of Ladd and Gross (I934) into four types has been abandoned because it did not seem to give useful grouping of cases with similar origins, treatment or prognosis. A classification has been dev...

in this report we introduce two cases of penile agenesis. the first case was a newborn with male appearance and a well developed scrotum containing two normal testes, but the penis and urethral meatus were absent. the bladder was connected to the rectum by an intra-abdominal canal. the second case was a premature newbron of 32 weeks, who died in the first day of life. in addition to penile agen...