A case of Currarino triad with familial sacral bony deformities

We describe a male patient presenting with Currarino triad: a recto-urethra l fistula, sacral bony deformity, and a presacral teratoma. Clinical screen ing of his family revealed three additional cases with incomplete forms of this association. Cytogenetic findings in the patient and his mother were n ormal. This case suggests that the occurrence of an anorectal malformation together with a sacral bony deformity should raise a physician's index of s uspicion for associated presacral tumors, and that screening of the patient 's family members with sacral radiographs is necessary.