A newborn boy was found to have three penises, the first confirmed case in human history.
A Kurdish child from Duhok was born with three penises, or medically called triphallia, with swollen testicles.
The doctor’s measurements of the two additional penises are 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) close to his main penis and 1 centimeter hidden under his scrotum, The New York Post reported.
The two extra penises were removed because they had no urethra and did not have much functionality.
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Doctors were unable to determine how the baby grew three penises. Tests were done to see whether or not he was exposed to alcohol or drugs during pregnancy, but that was not the case.
There was once a similar case reported in India in 2015, but the child had no anus.
However, as the newborn’s triphallia was not documented in an official medical journal and therefore could not be verified before the parents removed them, it is speculation, Daily Mail reported.
The child’s parents should have regular medical follow-up, especially when the boy enters puberty, because the condition of triphallia can represent medical and aesthetic difficulties. “A combined multidisciplinary team is usually required for management and long-term follow-up is usually necessary”, according to the International Journal of Surgery case reports.
The rare condition of having an additional penis, defhalia, was first reported in 1609 and is believed to affect 1 in 5 to 6 million boys.
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