British man discovered to have THREE penises - experts say he's the second case of 'triphallia' ever recorded READ MORE: Household medicine may be 'hidden' cause of erectile dysfunction By Emily Stearn, Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 05:25 EDT, 16 October 2024 | Updated: 05:55 EDT, 16 October 2024 e-mail View comments A man from Birmingham , who was born with three penises, is only the second person ever proven to have the strange deformity, doctors have claimed. Just one of the three were functional, according to doctors who published the extraordinarily rare case of a condition known as triphallia in a medical journal. The other two were attached within the skin of the scrotal sac, which houses the testicles.
The 78-year-old's condition was only discovered after he donated his body to science upon his death. It is believed the man may have gone his whole life without being aware of his 'remarkable anatomical variation'. A man from Birmingham , who was born with three penises, is only the second person ever proven to have the strange deformity, doctors have claimed Doctors at the University of Birmingham's medical school said one in every five to six million boys is born with more than one penis, with just over 100 cases of diphallia – two penises – recorded worldwide Doctors at the University of Birmingham's medical school said one in every five to six million boys is born with more than one penis, with just over 100 cases of diphallia – two penises .
