Amazing findings: a man with three penises

A man with three penile glands is a unique medical case

In a recent scientific report, doctors in the UK described an unusual and extremely rare discovery: a deceased man whose body was donated to science had three penii. This is only the second recorded case globally, and the first was found in an adult male.

The man, who died at the age of 78, may have been unaware of his unique anatomy throughout his life. His external genitalia appeared completely normal, so the diagnosis of Triphallia was only made after his death when his body was examined in detail.

Triphallia is a very rare condition in which a person has three penises. The first case of this condition was reported just four years ago, when doctors discovered it in a three-month-old baby born in Iraq. The latest study, published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, shows that this case is rare and unique, as it is the first time it has been detected in an adult male^[1].

According to the scientists who examined the dead man's body, at first glance, the genitals looked normal. However, a more detailed analysis revealed that the man had two other smaller penises inside the patient. However, only one of them was fully functional - his urethra passed through the main and secondary penises - and the third was unconnected to the urethral system. His second penis, although smaller than the first, also had three main penile tissues.

The medical history of a man with triphallia will remain a mystery because of data protection

Although the discovery is exceptional, the researchers say that due to deceased donation laws, they have not been provided with any data on the man's medical history or his life course. Nor have they been told the man's identity. It is therefore only possible to speculate how this anatomical difference might have affected his daily life.

The medics also noted that the man had undergone an inguinal hernia operation, which may have involved the use of a catheter. As his urethra was curved, this medical process could have caused difficulties, which may have led to the discovery of the condition^[2].

Nevertheless, it is believed that the man and his female partners were probably unaware of this unusual physiological difference, as his unique condition was not externally observable. Some researchers believe that the extra penis may have caused urinary problems or even pain during sexual contact if they were also experiencing an erection, but no clear evidence of this has been found.

Scientists suspect that genital abnormalities are far more common than we think

According to the researchers, the extra sex organs may be caused by genetic mutations that affect the development of the reproductive organs in the early embryonic stage. In this case, the male penis developed from what is known as the genital tuber, and the mutation caused the process to divide into several different developmental stages. According to the experts' analysis, his urethra actually developed first from the secondary penis, but when it did not fully develop, the urethra reversed direction and developed through the primary penis.

Although this medical discovery is extremely rare, scientists believe such conditions could be detected more frequently if more attention were paid to studying human anatomy after death.

So, although the man's story remains mysterious, his body has become an important scientific discovery that has expanded knowledge of the possibilities of human anatomy and the existence of a rare condition.