Case report: pseudotail with dermal sinus tract and tethered cord

J Ultrasound. 2016 Jun 15;19(3):239-41. doi: 10.1007/s40477-016-0214-5. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Abstract

A pseudotail is a very rare, dermal appendage arising from the lumbosacral region with an association with spinal dysraphism. We report a case of a pseudotail in a healthy newborn female with sonographic imaging of a tethered cord and dermal sinus tract with MRI and surgical correlation.

La pseudo-coda è un'appendice dermica molto rara, della regione lombo-sacrale, associata a disrafismo spinale. Segnaliamo il caso di una pseudo-coda in una bambina appena appena nata sana, con immagini ecografiche della colonna e della formazione e della colonna con il tramite cutaneo con MRI e la correlazione chirurgica.

Keywords: Dermal sinus; Pseudotail; Spine ultrasound; Tethered cord.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neural Tube Defects / complications*
  • Neural Tube Defects / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neural Tube Defects / surgery
  • Skin Abnormalities / complications*
  • Skin Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skin Abnormalities / pathology
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / complications*
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / surgery
  • Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography