A Case of Human Tail in a 12-Year-old Boy : Review of 49 Japanese Human Tail Cases
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- Yoshioka Hideto
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital
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- Goto Takafumi
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital
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- Akiyama Takashi
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital
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- Other Title
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- Human tail の 1 例 : 本邦報告 49 例の検討
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Abstract
The term human tail often includes any mass in the lumbosacral area, particularly on the midline. We report a 12-year-old boy with human tail. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the absence of both spina bifida and connection with the spinal cord, resulting in simple resection being performed. Often, hunam tail is the cause of tethered cord syndrome. It is important to check for the neurological abnormality preoperatively, because most patients have additional spinal anomalies, including spina bifida, lipoma and others. Furthermore, human tail is often the cause of tethered cord syndrome.
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- Journal of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons
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Journal of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons 37 (5), 831-836, 2001
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- CRID
- 1390001204821138560
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- NII Article ID
- 110002113149
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- NII Book ID
- AN00192281
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- ISSN
- 21874247
- 0288609X
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed