A rare case of lumbosacrococcygeal mass in newborn: a human tail

Caudal cutaneous appendage is a rare condition. According to association with underlying spinal dysraphism, it can be classified into true or pseudotails. Management and prognosis depends closely on spinal anomaly. Fewer than 40 cases of true tail were reported. We describe a rare case of true tail...

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Autores principales: Daib, Aida, Saadi, Cyrine, Rabiaa Ben Abdallah, R, Barguellil, Marwa, Hellal, Youssef, Trabelsi, F, Jabloun, A, Kaabar, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33274041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa426
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Sumario:Caudal cutaneous appendage is a rare condition. According to association with underlying spinal dysraphism, it can be classified into true or pseudotails. Management and prognosis depends closely on spinal anomaly. Fewer than 40 cases of true tail were reported. We describe a rare case of true tail in a newborn explored and operated in our unity.

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