Diphallia (penile duplication) is a rare congenital malformation with an incidence of about 1 per 5-6 million newborns. The severity of diphallia varies from a small accessory penile-like tissue to complete true penile duplication with other deformities, usually involving the urogenital, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems. Pseudodiphallia, as a rare kind of diphallia, is characterized by a small accessory penile-like tissue without a normal penile anatomy structure.
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January 2023
The usual etiologies of giant abdominal cystic masses in infants are mesenteric cyst, enteric duplication cyst, ovarian cyst in females, cystic lymphangioma, however, the presentation of a choledochal cyst in a gigantic form, is unusual. The primary modality for diagnosis of this entity is ultrasound, followed by MRI. The characteristic ultrasound features of a choledochal cyst are a well-defined cystic lesion which may be found to replace any segment of the biliary tree and is distinctly separate from the gallbladder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Laparoscopic examination of the contralateral inguinal ring has been advocated to exclude contralateral hernia in young children. We used the size of the open internal ring and the depth of the patent processus vaginalis as a parameter to decide whether laparoscopic herniotomy was indicated.
Methods: Records of all laparoscopic procedures in children performed in a large tertiary care hospital over a 2.
Objective: To prospectively evaluate the Bianchi single scrotal incision technique for orchiopexy in boys with palpable undescended testis.
Methods: A total of 35 orchiopexies were performed in 28 patients. The patent processus vaginalis was dissected and cut high without ligation, while in Bianchi's original procedure, the patent processus vaginalis is dissected up to the external inguinal canal, ligated high and divided.
Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system, and 90% have manifested by the end of the second year of life. While 75% of these are located in the cervical region, only 2% to 3% are associated with an intrathoracic extension. An isolated mediastinal lymphangioma without a cervical component is an uncommon occurrence.
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Eight patients with bowel incontinence underwent an open Malone Antegrade Continence Enema (MACE) procedure between May 1997 to May 2000. Indications for the procedure included high anorectal malformation in 3, bowel dysmotility in 1. spinal dysraphism in 3 and presacral teratoma in 1.
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