Human tails, manifesting as caudal cutaneous appendages, have long intrigued clinicians and anatomists alike. These structures, which may be either vestigial remnants of embryonic development or ...

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Baystate Children’s Hospital will present a webinar on lumbosacral skin stigmata and occult spinal dysraphism on Wednesday, June 24 from ...

A young girl’s thick back hair was actually a sign of spine problems, according to a new report of the case. The girl, a 3-year-old living in Taiwan, was taken to the doctor for removal of a tuft of ...

So it occurs , often before a mother comes to know that she is pregnant. As spine develops from neural tube , this is referred as neural tube defect (NTD). It occurs in 1in 1000 live births. How to ...

The case: A 1-year-old girl presented to hospital with fever, lethargy and vomiting. She had had an episode of Escherichia coli meningitis at 2 months of age, which had been treated with antibiotics.

Only forty similar cases have ever been recorded, and it is a deformity that is still "not fully understood". The baby was born in Brazil at the Albert Sabin Children's Hospital last January at 35 ...

If there is a marking on a child's lower back, they need to be investigated as they may be connected with underlying neural problems. A three-year-old girl in Taiwan was recently taken to the doctor ...

Any kind of marking or a patch of hair on the back of a child should not be taken lightly as that can point to a spinal problem that she is suffering from. Recently, when a three-year-old Taiwanese ...

A young girl’s thick back hair was actually a sign of spine problems, according to a new report of the case. The girl, a 3-year-old living in Taiwan, was taken to the doctor for removal of a tuft of ...