TAIL-LIKE LUMBOSACRAL CUTANEOUS APPENDAGE - A CASE-REPORT

The case of a newborn presenting a tail-like lumbosacral cutaneous app endage is reported This appendage was not associated with other malfor mations. Spinal lesions were ruled out and then its surgical excision was performed. The clinical and histological features of this malforma tion define it as a so called ''true tail''. The etiology of this find ing remains disputed and generic causes, exogenous agents or the amnio tic band syndrome may be possible.