title: A case of Currarino triad with familial sacral bony deformities.
abstract: We describe a male patient presenting with Currarino triad: a recto-urethral fistula, sacral bony deformity, and a presacral teratoma. Clinical screening of his family revealed three additional cases with incomplete forms of this association. Cytogenetic findings in the patient and his mother were normal. This case suggests that the occurrence of an anorectal malformation together with a sacral bony deformity should raise a physician's index of suspicion for associated presacral tumors, and that screening of the patient's family members with sacral radiographs is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata City, 951-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwafuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mishina
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003050:Coccyx / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003125:Colostomy; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*