A man has been discovered to have two extra penises by medical students dissecting his body, marking only the second time ever someone has been found to have three penises.
This incredibly rare triple penis phenomenon was found by students at the University of Birmingham Medical School in the U.K. during a dissection of a 78-year-old man who had donated his body to science, according to a new paper in the publication Journal of Medical Case Reports.
According to the researchers, the man may never have known he had three penises.
This condition, known as triphallia, was only seen in a human for the very first time in 2020 in a newborn, and is thought to affect one in every 5 to 6 million live births.
“Triphallia, a rare congenital anomaly describing the presence of three distinct penile shafts, has been reported only once in the literature,” the researchers wrote in the new paper. “Without dissection, this anatomical variation would have remained undiscovered, suggesting the prevalence of polyphallia may be greater than expected.”
Having two penises, known as diphallia, has been seen in around 100 human cases, and occurs once in every 5.5 million live births. Usually, doctors remove the extra penises at birth if they are externally visible, but they are often left alone or go unnoticed entirely if hidden inside the body.
The 78-year-old man appeared to have normal genitals externally, but once his penis was dissected, the students discovered two other tiny duplicate penises hidden inside his scrotum.
Why would doctors remove extra penises if they are visible? It’s obviously a blessing from the Penis Man.
Babies born with atypical genitals are often modified to look more “normal”. This tends to have many negative consequences like trauma, scarring, lack of sensation, gender dysphoria, and difficulty peeing, but is still unfortunately prevalent due to systematic intersexism
From what I understand, they can be easily malformed and potentially cancerous.
It can cause a lot of self-image issues, although I believe the final decision should be left up to the parents at least if not allowing the child to grow until they are 10 years old or so and then taking care of it.
Cisnormativity
the fuckers won’t let a baby be Double Male let alone Triple
Penises for the Penis Man and foreskins for his throne!
Are you referring to the Night Man?
There’s an infamous Penis Man that did graffiti at one point in time.
… but once his penis was dissected, the students discovered two other tiny duplicate penises hidden inside his scrotum.
This feels like a “lifetime of trauma” kind of discovery.
No way, that has to be like hitting the med school lottery. Every individual body is a wonderful unique snowflake and all that, but getting one with three dicks is a great story for the rest of your life.
And you get your name on a paper in a medical journal before graduating.
Anywhere you apply to go will have an entertaining interview process where you know the questions.
Why were they dissecting his penis?
According to the article, he donated his body to science
Yea but why are they dissecting his schlong?
Checking for extra wangs I suppose.
Doctors have to get familiar with human anatomy before they start cutting into live patients. I’d rather they took a few practice runs on corpse dong than their first time being when they need to do delicate surgery on the old trouser snake.
Sounds like a right clusterfuck.
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Rest in peace you cocky bastard.
triphallia, was only seen in a human for the very first time in 2020 in a newborn, and is thought to affect one in every 5 to 6 million live births.
diphallia, has been seen in around 100 human cases, and occurs once in every 5.5 million live births.
so these two conditions, one of which is supposed to be more rare, occur with the same frequency?
Rookie numbers. I got four.
They aren’t counting the ones you steal from other people.
Dammit!
Sounds like a triple boner bummer to me.