Abstract:Lumbo-sacro-coccygeal appendages are very rare congenital anomalies. It is difficult to say that they are a evolutionary inheritance (tail) from our ancestors or an anomaly (pseudotail) occuring during embrional development. If it is a true tail, this lesion contains adipose and connective tissue, striated muscle, blood vessel and nerves, and is covered by skin. However, if this lesion is a pseudotail, it may be an anomalous prolongation of the coccygeal vertebra, lipoma, teratoma, condrodystrophy or parasitic… Show more
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