Spectrum of human tails: A report of six cases

Human tail is a curiosity, a cosmetic stigma and presents as an appendage in the lumbosacral region. Six patients of tail in the lumbosacral region are presented here to discuss the spectrum of presentation of human tails. The embryology, pathology and treatment of this entity are discussed along wi...

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Autores principales: Mukhopadhyay, Biswanath, Shukla, Ram M., Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita, Mandal, Kartik C., Haldar, Pankaj, Benare, Abhijit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22279360
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.91082
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description Human tail is a curiosity, a cosmetic stigma and presents as an appendage in the lumbosacral region. Six patients of tail in the lumbosacral region are presented here to discuss the spectrum of presentation of human tails. The embryology, pathology and treatment of this entity are discussed along with a brief review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-32630342012-01-25 Spectrum of human tails: A report of six cases Mukhopadhyay, Biswanath Shukla, Ram M. Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita Mandal, Kartik C. Haldar, Pankaj Benare, Abhijit J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Human tail is a curiosity, a cosmetic stigma and presents as an appendage in the lumbosacral region. Six patients of tail in the lumbosacral region are presented here to discuss the spectrum of presentation of human tails. The embryology, pathology and treatment of this entity are discussed along with a brief review of the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3263034/ /pubmed/22279360 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.91082 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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