Introduction
Duplication of the urethra is a rare congenital abnormality affecting
males more commonly.1,2 Clinical manifestation depends
on the variation of anatomic patterns present.3Urethral duplication can either be a simple accessory blind urethral
tract or an independent complete urethral tract emerging from the
bladder.4 Duplication is more prevalent in the
sagittal plane and is divided into dorsal and ventral duplication, with
fewer instances of urethras lying side-by-side.2,5 The
horizontal duplication may present with phallus duplication or complete
bladder duplication.1 Effmann et. al composed the most
followed classification of urethral duplication as this is deemed
comprehensive and accurate both anatomically and
clinically.2,6 However, it failed to distinguish
sagittal from coronal collateral duplication.2,7Numerous hypotheses have been put forward; however, there is ambiguity
in regard to its embryology as the same explanation does not apply to
all subdivisions of urethral duplication.2,3Management is based
on the type of duplication and the expression of
symptoms.2 We report our experience with a case of
urethral duplication in a male and discuss the management of this
anomaly.