True vestigeal tail with lumbosacral meningomyelocoel: a rare case report

Abstract

A human tail is a rare congenital anomaly with a prominent lesion from the lumbosacro-coccygeal region. It is usually classified either as a true tail or as a pseudo-tail. All the lumbosacro-coccygeal protrusions without the evidence of mesenchymal tissue are classified as pseudo-tail. The association of this rare vestigial entity along with meningomyelocele is rarer still.

Key words:

• True tail
• Meningomyelocele

Acknowledgment

We are thankful to the medical superintendent of C.S.S.H. Hospital attached to Subharti Medical College, Meerut for granting us the permission to publish this material. We declare that this is our work, except where acknowledged specifically as the published or unpublished work of others.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.