Rodríguez BAI, Rocha AJM, Álvarez ABY, Casián CAG

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 52-54
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ABSTRACT

The doubling of the urethra is a slightly frequent congenital alteration; which affects mainly the men and whose mechanisms even have not been clarified. We present the case of a doubling urethral in a 3-year-old child with double orifice of exit of the urethra and review of the literature.

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