title: [A rare case of caudal appendage].
abstract: Caudal appendage is a rare malformation which has since ever been interesting. We present the case of a girl in which a caudal appendage was discovered before birth. A throughout checking found an extension from this abnormality to the cordal spine. The baby is operated when 2months old. Differential diagnosis are spina bifida, teratoma and pilonidal sinus. Caudal appendage is one of the typical cutaneous finding with underlying spinal dysraphism, such as hair tuft or pigmented macule. The risk is a tethered cord syndrome that can lead to severe complication. The treatment is either surgery or expectation.
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, hôpital de Hautepierre, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: steandres@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andres
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, hôpital de Hautepierre, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France; Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, centre médicochirurgical obstétrique (CMCO), 19, rue Louis-Pasteur, BP 11120, 67303 Schiltigheim cedex, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boisramé
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, centre médicochirurgical obstétrique (CMCO), 19, rue Louis-Pasteur, BP 11120, 67303 Schiltigheim cedex, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, centre médicochirurgical obstétrique (CMCO), 19, rue Louis-Pasteur, BP 11120, 67303 Schiltigheim cedex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Viville
authors.affiliation: Département de neurochirurgie, hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kehrli
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, centre médicochirurgical obstétrique (CMCO), 19, rue Louis-Pasteur, BP 11120, 67303 Schiltigheim cedex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique des hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, hôpital de Hautepierre, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Favre
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
keywords: Appendice caudal; Caudal appendage; Dysraphisme spinal; Spinal dyraphism; Syndrome de moelle attachée; Tethereed cord