A Rare Case of "Human Tail" Associated with Lipomyelomeningocele and Tethered Cord

Canaz G., Akkoyun N., Emel E., Cevik O. M., Baydin Ş. S., Gokcedag A.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROSCIENCES, sa.2, ss.241-244, 2018 (ESCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/jpn.jpn_74_17
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROSCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.241-244
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Human tail might be the most interesting cutaneous sign of neural tube defects. From little cutaneous appendixes to 20-cm-long taillike lesions were reported in the literature. They may occur connected to an underlying pathology such as lipoma or teratoma, but most of the time, they conceal an underlying spinal dysraphism. Many classifications about human tails have been suggested in history, but the main approach to these lesions is, independent of the classification, always the same: investigating the possible spinal dysraphism with concomitant pathologies and planning the treatment on the patient basis.