Boy in Brazil born with 2 penises in 1-in-5 million defect, extra penis removed

A boy born with two penises thanks to an extremely rare birth defect has had to have the bigger one removed.Only one in every five to six million baby boys are born with an extra penis, a condition called diphallia.The lad from Brazil had “complete” diphallia – meaning that the extra member was more than just a stump.Doctors in São Paulo, documenting the bizarre case in the Journal of Pediatric Urology, said that there have only been 100 cases of men with diphallia documented in medical literature.
The unnamed patient was two at the time of the procedure and doctors initially planned to save his larger, left penis.Despite the size difference both looked similar and were working, with the boy’s mum confirming that both could get erect.
However, medics later found out that he could only urinate from the smaller, right penis as the urethra of the larger one was too narrow.Medical examinations also revealed that each member only had one of two corpora cavernosa, the spongy columns in the shaft of the penis which fill with blood when becoming erect.
Surgeons were forced to remove the bigger one, a decision made based upon “functionality and not on size”.Given that he now only has one corpora cavernosa it remains unclear whether he’ll ever be able to achieve erections.
This follows a similar cases reported in Urology Case Reports earlier this year, when doctors in Uzbekistan came across a seven-year-old with two functioning penises. Both members had urethras and erectile tissue but it was unclear whether both could actually become erect.
This follows a similar cases reported in Urology Case Reports earlier this year, when doctors in Uzbekistan came across a seven-year-old with two functioning penises.Both members had urethras and erectile tissue but it was unclear whether both could actually become erect.  source:DAILY STAR