Double Urethra Research Articles

A Case Report of a Double Bladder and Double Urethra in the Female Child

A Case Report of a Double Bladder and Double Urethra in the Female Child

DUPLICATION OF THE URETHRA

DESPITE the rarity of its occurrence, the anomaly of double urethra has long excited interest within the ranks of the medical profession and a rather extensive literature has developed pertaining to the subject. The versatile Aristotle is credited with being the first to make observations from a case of double urethra. Vesalius mentioned Arab writings with descriptions of such malformations. More modern attention begins in the nineteenth century with the published observations of Vidal de Cassis (1834), followed by the reports of Cruveilhier,1Jerjavay, Luschka,2Lejars3and many others. For recent reviews and discussions we are indebted to Fantl,4MacKenzie5Oudard and Jean,6Fronstein and Saigrajeff,7Chauvin8and Lowsley.9 DESCRIPTION OF THE MALFORMATION An accessory urethra may occur as a complete, second passageway from the bladder to the dorsum of the penis, or it may appear as only a segment of

Report of Two Cases of Double Urethra in the Male

Report of Two Cases of Double Urethra in the Male

Double Urethra in a Male

Double Urethra in a Male

COMPLETE DOUBLE URETHRA IN A FEMALE

Urethral anomalies in the female are rare, and very few cases of double urethra have been recorded in medical literature. Urogenital malformations are usually congenital, and are the result of imperfect, incomplete or abnormal development, but the etiologic factors concerned in their production are uncertain. Heredity, malnutrition and syphilis are possible but doubtful causes. Mrs. K. H., aged 50, came under my observation recently. Her father and two brothers had died of tuberculosis, and her mother, of "liver abscess." The patient menstruated at 11, married at 16, and passed the menopause at 42. She lived a normal marital life, but never became pregnant. Continuous good health had been interrupted only by the ordinary diseases of childhood and the annoyances of constipation. The details of her previous history are irrelevant. The patient complained of increased diurnal frequency of urination, nocturia, and a burning sensation on voiding. These symptoms had been present

Double Urethra in the Female

Double Urethra in the Female