[Urethral duplication in an adult. A case report].

Urethral duplication is a rare congenital anomaly, essentially diagnosed during adulthood. There are many anatomical variants and many, different classifications. This case report presents an uncommon form of incomplete sagittal urethral duplication with a blind intraprostatic proximal extremity. The authors discuss the value of pelvic and prostatic NMR in the work-up of this anomaly.

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