title: Human tail.
abstract: There is confusion about the entity known as "human tail". Two cases of different types of human tails (caudal appendage) are presented and the differences between these two types, the potential aetiology of these abnormalities, and the literature on the subject reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002081:Buttocks / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D013623:Tail / Q000473:pathology*