title: True tail dorsal-lumbar: malformation or ancestral remaining?
abstract: The case of a healthy newborn presenting a dorsal-lumbar cutaneous appendage is reported. The appendage was excised by ligature. This appendage was not associated with dysraphism or other malformations. It was analysed histologically and then defined as a so called true tail. Although it was been expressed a lot of hypotheses, the etiology of this finding remains disputed. The embryology of malformation and its non identification between known-syndromes is showed. The difference between true tails and not-true tails is discussed. The conclusion is drawn that for its clinical and histological aspect this malformation may be included in true tails.
authors.affiliation: U. O. di Pediatria, ASL SA/1, Ospedale M. Scarlato di Scafati, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galizia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012868:Skin Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*