Pseudotail, scoliosis and syndactly, is it new syndrome?
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Introduction Pseudotail is uncommon congenital malformation of the spine, it contains bone, cartilage, notochord and elements of spinal cord. Usually presented as protrusion of the coccygeal vertebra. It may come as solo deformity or in association of tethered cord, myelomeningoceol and other spine deformity, can be part of syndrome, never been reported. It’s different from true tail, which usually protrude outside the skin as true cutaneous appendages that protrude at the lumbosacral region.
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