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Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula
Background:
A 3-year-old boy visited our hospital for aberrance of urination. He had a fistula on his ventral penile shaft. Our diagnosis was congenital urethrocutaneous fistula.
Methods/Results:
We performed one-stage repair transverse preputial onlay island flap urethroplasty. Postoperatively, the patient was voiding comfortably with no recurrence of fistula.
Conclusions:
Congenital urethrocutaneous fistula is rare. Eighteen cases of congenital urethrocutaneous fistula have been reported previously. We consider the etiology of congenital urethrocutaneous fistula as a deficiency of the urethral plate and fusion of urethral folds.
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