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  • Title: Fully developed accessory lower limb with tethered cord: Are these two anomalies related?
    Author: Mohindra S, Batish A, Patil NR, Tripathi M.
    Journal: Childs Nerv Syst; 2021 Jan; 37(1):325-328. PubMed ID: 32328705.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Spinal dysraphic anomalies may be hidden beneath grotesque cutaneous stigmata, like a fully developed accessory lower limb. CASE DESCRIPTION: Authors describe a 4-year-old boy who had socially unacceptable malformation in form of an accessory lower limb, in addition to perfectly normal both lower limbs with underlying low-lying tethered cord. Radiological studies showed underlying tethered cord and dysraphic spinal column. CONCLUSION: Successful surgical correction was undertaken along with detethering of cord. The present case asks for evaluation of all cutaneous stigmata over spinal regions in newborns for spinal dysraphic states.
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