Epispadias

Epispadias
Specialty	Medical genetics
Frequency	Rare[1]

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Epispadias is a birth defect in which the urethra fails to fully develop, resulting in urine leaving the body from an abnormal site.^[1] In males, this may be an opening on the upper aspect of the penis,^[2] and in females when the urethra develops too far anteriorly. It occurs in around 1 in 120,000 male and 1 in 500,000 female births.^{[citation needed]}