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Case report: pseudotail with dermal sinus tract and tethered cord

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Abstract

A pseudotail is a very rare, dermal appendage arising from the lumbosacral region with an association with spinal dysraphism. We report a case of a pseudotail in a healthy newborn female with sonographic imaging of a tethered cord and dermal sinus tract with MRI and surgical correlation.

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La pseudo-coda è un'appendice dermica molto rara, della regione lombo-sacrale, associata a disrafismo spinale. Segnaliamo il caso di una pseudo-coda in una bambina appena appena nata sana, con immagini ecografiche della colonna e della formazione e della colonna con il tramite cutaneo con MRI e la correlazione chirurgica.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, 9300 DeWitt Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060, USA

    Paul Clark

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA

    Laurence Davidson

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The authors Clark and Davidson declare no conflict of interest.

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As a single case report, this article does not contain any studies with animal or human participants performed by any of the authors. This case has been approved for submission per the author’s Department of Clinical Investigation.

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Informed consent was obtained from the parents of the infant prior to all surgical consultations.

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Clark, P., Davidson, L. Case report: pseudotail with dermal sinus tract and tethered cord. J Ultrasound 19, 239–241 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-016-0214-5

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