Summary
A family in which both the mother and two of her daughters had partial agenesis of the sacrum and coccygeal bones is presented. Further studies demonstrated a neurogenic bladder and a presacral mass in the 4-year-old girl who had severe urinary incontinence. The mode of inheritance in this entity may be x-linked dominant as has been suggested previously by Cohn and Bay-Nielsen (1969). The gene may act as a lethal factor in hemizygous males. A brief review of the literature showed a remarkable paucity of reports on the hereditary aspects of sacrococcygeal defects in man. It is concluded that this maybe misleading, since the true incidence of hereditary sacrococcygeal deformities can not possibly be established until family members of the probands are also examined radiologically.
Keywords
Internal Medicine Family Member Metabolic Disease Urinary Incontinence True IncidencePreview
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