Enlarged prostatic utricle and vagina masculinus in boys with disorders of sex development.

Abstract

To determine the prevalence, radiological characteristics, and clinical symptomatology of enlarged prostatic utricles and vagina masculinus in boys with disorders of sex development. Over 10years (from February 2012 to March 2022), 102 boys with severe hypospadias underwent voiding cystourethrography. All patients presented with disorders of sex development and Y material in the karyotype (46,XY karyotype, 46,XY/45,X mosaic, etc.). The age of the patients at the first examination ranged from 4days to 27months (mean age 2.7months). Voiding cystourethrography revealed the presence of a cyst posterior to the urethra in 66 patients (64.7% of cases). There were 15 cases of "vagina masculinus" and 51 of enlarged prostatic utricles. These dilations were classified according to the Ikoma classification and cyst size. In more than 2/3 of cases, the cysts were small (less than 20mm), and in less than 8% of cases, these cysts were large. In addition, retrograde opacification revealed the presence of vesicoureteral reflux in 20% of boys with a male vagina. The most severe hypospadias with a scrotal or perineal meatus are most at risk of developing an enlarged prostatic utricle, and 80% of patients with Ikoma Grade III had a scrotal or perineal meatus. This study shows that the prevalence of enlarged prostatic utricles and vagina masculinus ishigh in patients with severe hypospadias. Therefore, their search should be systematic, and for clinical and therapeutic interest, the enlarged prostatic utricles should be classified according to cyst size.