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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Human tail and limb defects: A short tale of a long tail
Balike Krishna Praveen1, Kallekkattu Dipu2
1 Department of Pediatrics, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Pediatrics, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Balike Krishna Praveen
Department of Pediatrics, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore - 575 002, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-9727.146477
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A human tail is a congenital, caudal, cutaneous appendage, which usually arises from the tip of the coccyx or it is a finger-like protrusion at the lumbosacral region. It usually indicates the presence of an underlying occult spinal dysraphism. Herein, the authors report a rare case of a human tail, along with multiple anomalies of the limbs in a newborn. The embryological basis for the association is also highlighted. |
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