Hypospadias in spinal cord injury: association with indwelling catheter drainage and disturbance of behavior: a report of three cases.

STUDY

DESIGN

Case series.

OBJECTIVE

To present three cases of paraplegic patients with hypospadias and psychiatric comorbidities.

SETTING

Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

CASES: Three spinal cord injured male patients with hypospadias are presented. All three patients had a history of psychiatric disorders that is thought to be a precipitating factor.

CONCLUSION

This is the first report in the literature of three cases of hypospadias associated with indwelling catheter drainage and behavioral disturbance.