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12835580

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-1
pubmed:abstractText
A human tail is a rare congenital anomaly with a prominent lesion from the lumbosacrococcygeal region. According to Dao and Netzky human tails are classified into 'true tails' and 'pseudotails'. True tails comprise only mesenchymal tissue (adipose, connective, muscle, nerve tissue, blood vessels, and cutis). They are presumed to be remnants of the embryologic tail. All other lumbosacrococcygeal protrusions are summarized as pseudotails. Superficially they may resemble true tails. They contain normal or abnormal tissue, e.g. cartilage, lipoma and glioma. We report a case of prenatal diagnosis of a human tail in association with omphalocele, hydrocephalus and antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome resulting in a severe fetal growth restriction. Due to cartilage content the appendage had to be classified as 'pseudotail'. However, anatomical position and the decrease of length observed by consecutive ultrasound examinations at 14 and 21 weeks of gestation was suggestive of delayed regression of a 'true tail'. Furthermore, the association of antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome with congenital malformations is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1015-3837
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Prenatal diagnosis of 'true tail' with cartilage content?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Medical University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. noack@patho-mu.luebeck.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports