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Megalourethra. 1986

R A Appel, and G W Kaplan, and W A Brock, and D Streit

Megalourethra is a rare congenital malformation characterized by dilatation of the penile urethra. We review 6 previously unreported cases and 35 cases reported in the literature. The distinction between scaphoid and fusiform megalourethra seems arbitrary, and the disorder is better viewed as a spectrum rather than as 2 distinct entities. Significant concomitant upper urinary tract abnormalities may be present in any patient with megalourethra, a fact that should lead to the routine investigation of the upper urinary tract in all patients with this developmental anomaly.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D010413	Penis	The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.	Glans Penis,Penis, Glans
D011535	Prune Belly Syndrome	A syndrome characterized by abdominal wall musculature deficiency, cryptorchism, and urinary tract abnormalities. The syndrome derives its name from its characteristic distended abdomen with wrinkled skin.	Abdominal Muscle Deficiency Syndrome,Congenital Absence of the Abdominal Muscles,Eagle-Barrett Syndrome,Obrinsky Syndrome,Prune-Belly Syndrome,Eagle Barrett Syndrome,Prune Belly Syndromes,Prune-Belly Syndromes,Syndrome, Eagle-Barrett,Syndrome, Obrinsky,Syndrome, Prune Belly,Syndrome, Prune-Belly,Syndromes, Prune Belly,Syndromes, Prune-Belly
D004108	Dilatation, Pathologic	The condition of an anatomical structure's being dilated beyond normal dimensions.	Ectasia,Dilatation, Pathological,Dilatations, Pathologic,Dilatations, Pathological,Pathologic Dilatation,Pathologic Dilatations,Pathological Dilatation,Pathological Dilatations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006869	Hydronephrosis	Abnormal enlargement or swelling of a KIDNEY due to dilation of the KIDNEY CALICES and the KIDNEY PELVIS. It is often associated with obstruction of the URETER or chronic kidney diseases that prevents normal drainage of urine into the URINARY BLADDER.	Hydronephroses
D000015	Abnormalities, Multiple	Congenital abnormalities that affect more than one organ or body structure.	Multiple Abnormalities
D014521	Urethra	A tube that transports URINE from the URINARY BLADDER to the outside of the body in both the sexes. It also has a reproductive function in the male by providing a passage for SPERM.	External Urethral Sphincter,External Urinary Sphincter,Internal Urethral Sphincter,Internal Urinary Sphincter,Internal Vesical Sphincter,Urethral Sphincters,External Urethral Sphincters,External Urinary Sphincters,Internal Urethral Sphincters,Internal Urinary Sphincters,Internal Vesical Sphincters,Sphincter, External Urethral,Sphincter, External Urinary,Sphincter, Internal Urethral,Sphincter, Internal Urinary,Sphincter, Internal Vesical,Sphincter, Urethral,Urethral Sphincter,Urethral Sphincter, External,Urethras,Urinary Sphincter, External,Urinary Sphincter, Internal,Vesical Sphincter, Internal