A rare congenital abnormality that mostly affects males. in males, it is characterized by the presence of the urethral opening in the dorsal surface of the penis. in females, this abnormality is even rarer and is characterized by the presence of an elongated urethra that has developed too far anteriorly.

Epispadias is a birth defect in which the urethra fails to fully develop, resulting in urine leaving the body from an abnormal site. In males, this may be an opening on the upper aspect of the penis, and in females when the urethra develops too far anteriorly...