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Man With Two Penises
Getting One Removed
Reuters NEW DELHI (Aug. 19) - An Indian
businessman born with two penises wants one of them
removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a
normal sexual life, a newspaper report said Saturday.
The 24-year-old man from the northern state of Uttar
Pradesh admitted himself to a New Delhi hospital this
week with an extremely rare medical condition called
penile duplication or diphallus, the Times of India
said.
"Two fully functional penes is unheard of even
in medical literature. In the more common form of
diphallus, one organ is rudimentary," the
newspaper quoted a surgeon as saying.
The surgery was expected to be challenging as both
organs were well-formed and full blood supply to the
retained penis had to be ensured to allow it to
function normally, he added.
The newspaper did not disclose the identity of the
man or the hospital to protect the patient's privacy.
There are about 100 such reported cases of diphallus
around the world and it is known to occur among one
in 5.5 million men, the newspaper said.
It is caused by the failure of the mesodermal bands
in the embryo to fuse properly. The mesodermal bands
are one of three primary layers of the embryo from
which several body parts are formed.
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