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.
- Zip2 ( @Zip2@feddit.uk ) 2•19 hours ago
Sounds like a right clusterfuck.
- Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) 32•1 day ago
… 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.
- Catoblepas ( @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 22•1 day ago
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.
- ApeNo1 ( @ApeNo1@lemm.ee ) English7•1 day ago
Russian
dollsdongs- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 2•21 hours ago
His pants fit like a glove
- Gork ( @Gork@lemm.ee ) 31•1 day ago
Why would doctors remove extra penises if they are visible? It’s obviously a blessing from the Penis Man.
- glitchcake ( @glitchcake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 7•21 hours ago
Cisnormativity
- bizarroland ( @bizarroland@fedia.io ) 22•1 day ago
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.
Penises for the Penis Man and foreskins for his throne!
- Hossenfeffer ( @Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ) English8•1 day ago
Rookie numbers. I got four.
They aren’t counting the ones you steal from other people.
- Hossenfeffer ( @Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ) English8•22 hours ago
Dammit!
- Jo Miran ( @JoMiran@lemmy.ml ) 15•1 day ago
Rest in peace you cocky bastard.
- Fixbeat ( @Fixbeat@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 day ago
Sounds like a triple boner bummer to me.
- Snothvalpen ( @Snothvalpen@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 1•1 day ago
Any smart heads that can tell me how fidning 2 cases of something gives enough of a clue that this might occur as often as 1 in 5-6 million live births?
- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 3•21 hours ago
Populations tend to follow normal distributions. This was first studied by a scientist working for Guinness brewery. He wanted to share his work without revealing his employer, so he published under the pseudonym Student. This is where we get the student’s t test.
Anyways, statistics math is complicated but you can make some inferences about prevalence based on a small sample by assuming normal distribution.
- GiveOver ( @GiveOver@feddit.uk ) 2•1 day ago
Maybe they checked 10 - 12 million people to find those 2
You look in a lot of nutsacks.
- nezrock ( @nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•1 day ago
Yeah, and if diphalia occurs at roughly the same rate (1 in 5.5 million), why is it 50x as common, and why, given the rate, wouldn’t there be over a thousand people with the condition alive today?