A Case of Human Tail in a 12-Year-old Boy : Review of 49 Japanese Human Tail Cases

  • Yoshioka Hideto
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital
  • Goto Takafumi
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital
  • Akiyama Takashi
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital

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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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