Baby Born With Rare Case Of Triphallia In Iraq, Found After Scrotum Area Swelling

Babies can be born with any kind of deformity or abnormality but this case of a baby from Iraq looms as the first in human history. After the parents of the infant who hailed from Duhok noticed swelling in the scrotum area, the baby was immediately brought to the hospital. When checked by doctors, they were shocked to find that two more weenies were emerging from its private part.

Per reports, the extra phallus was found growing near the root of one of the primary penises. Also, another one was found to be growing under the scrotum. One of them measured 2 cm while the other was at 1 cm. Only one of the weenies had a head.

The case of the baby is rare. Further, he was not exposed to any drugs in the womb and there was a significant absence of genetic anomaly in his family history. The rare case was published in the International Journal of Surgery Case. It was written by Shakir Saleem Jabali and Ayad Ahmed Mohammed per Times News Now.

“Triphallia (three penises) is an unreported condition until now. It affects one in every 5-6 million live births. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case with three penises or triphallia,” the study read.

But after this discovery, it was found that the two extra penises did not have a urethra - the passageway between the bladder and the external part of the body, which allows urine to be excreted from the body according to News Medical Life Sciences. It was later surgically removed.

It appears that a similar case was reported in 2015. A boy from India was born with three weenies but little was known about the case. It was not recorded in the medical journal, hence not seen as a first case of the same.