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AN UNUSUAL CASE OF COMPLETE URETHRAL DUPLICATION IN A FEMALE CHILD
Author(s) -
Liu K. W.,
Fitzgerald R. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb06199.x
Subject(s) - gene duplication , medicine , urethra , surgery , genetics , biology , gene
A case is reported of a female child with complete urethral duplication draining a single bladder and with the accessory urethra comniunicating with the urachus. The clinical, operative and histological findings suggest that the urethral duplication may represent an abortive duplication of the bladder.