{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,25]],"date-time":"2026-01-25T13:35:54Z","timestamp":1769348154458,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":15,"publisher":"Hindawi Limited","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,1]],"date-time":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1293840000000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Advances in Orthopedics"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>The dorsal cutaneous appendage, or so-called human tail, is often considered to be a cutaneous marker of underlying occult dysraphism. The authors present a case of human tail occurring in a 9-month-old infant with multiple abnormalities of the spinal cord and spine. Examination revealed unremarkable except for a caudal appendage and a dark pigmentation area in the low back. Neuroradiological scans revealed cleft vertebrae and bifid ribbon, split cord malformations, block vertebrae, and hemivertebra. Surgical excision of the tail and untethering the spinal cord by removal of the septum were performed. The infant had an uneventful postoperative period and was unchanged neurologically for 18 months of followup. To our knowledge, no similar case reports exist in the literature. The specific features in a rare case with a human tail treated surgically are discussed in light of the available literature.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4061\/2011\/153797","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,10,18]],"date-time":"2010-10-18T13:32:03Z","timestamp":1287408723000},"page":"1-4","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Surgical Treatment of a Patient with Human Tail and Multiple Abnormalities of the Spinal Cord and Column"],"prefix":"10.4061","volume":"2011","author":[{"given":"Chunquan","family":"Cai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, no. 154, Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China"},{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Children\u2019s Hospital, Tianjin 300074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ouyan","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Changhong","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, no. 154, Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"98","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000084863"},{"key":"2","first-page":"175","volume":"43","year":"1996","journal-title":"Clinical Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"3","key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"461","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1985.63.3.0461","volume":"63","year":"1985","journal-title":"Journal of Neurosurgery"},{"key":"4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00381-005-1150-4"},{"issue":"1","key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"45","DOI":"10.1159\/000248980","volume":"174","year":"1987","journal-title":"Dermatologica"},{"issue":"6","key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"966","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1993.78.6.0966","volume":"78","year":"1993","journal-title":"Journal of Neurosurgery"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1985.62.1.0001","volume":"62","year":"1985","journal-title":"Journal of Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"6","key":"8","first-page":"467","volume":"106","year":"2007","journal-title":"Journal of Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"11","key":"9","first-page":"489","volume":"47","year":"1995","journal-title":"Minerva Pediatrica"},{"issue":"5","key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"449","DOI":"10.1016\/S0046-8177(84)80079-9","volume":"15","year":"1984","journal-title":"Human Pathology"},{"issue":"1","key":"11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"111","DOI":"10.1002\/aja.1001520108","volume":"152","year":"1978","journal-title":"American Journal of Anatomy"},{"key":"12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ca.20248"},{"issue":"3","key":"13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"155","DOI":"10.1159\/000121033","volume":"24","year":"1996","journal-title":"Pediatric Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"20","key":"14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1212","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198205203062006","volume":"306","year":"1982","journal-title":"New England Journal of Medicine"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0887-8994(98)00046-0"}],"container-title":["Advances in Orthopedics"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/aorth\/2011\/153797.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/aorth\/2011\/153797.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/aorth\/2011\/153797.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,5]],"date-time":"2019-06-05T11:50:57Z","timestamp":1559735457000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/aorth\/2011\/153797\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2011]]},"references-count":15,"alternative-id":["153797","153797"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4061\/2011\/153797","relation":{},"ISSN":["2090-3472"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2090-3472","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2011]]}}}