You are caring for a 5-year-old male patient and determine that the child's urethral meatus is located on the dorsal surface of the penis. This location is
a. a normal finding. c. hypospadias.
b. epispadias. d. phimosis.
B
Epispadias occurs during the third month of fetal development when the urethral meatus fails to move toward the glans penis. The urethral opening appears on the dorsal surface of the penis, and is an abnormal finding. In hypospadias the urethral meatus is located behind or along the ventral side of the penis. Phimosis involves a tight foreskin over the glans of the penis which cannot be retracted.
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