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case_images: Clinical photograph of a true human tail arising from the patient's sacrococcygeal region
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: The lumbosacral examination found a 3 cm-long cutaneous soft tissue appendage covered by normal skin arising and hanging down from the mid-sacral region (Figure 1).
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case_images: MRI of the spine shows the normal end level of the conus medullaris (arrow)
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: In addition, the cord and theca displayed a normal course and signal pattern, and the scanned vertebrae displayed a normal signal as well as a cortical outline (Figures 2-3).
case_images: MRI of the spine shows a pedunculated appendage with fat intensity hanging from the mid-sacral region (arrow)
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: In addition, the cord and theca displayed a normal course and signal pattern, and the scanned vertebrae displayed a normal signal as well as a cortical outline (Figures 2-3).
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case_images: Microscopic examination of the skin and tissue of the true tail. 1: Adnexal structures including hair follicles, 2: Sweat and sebaceous glands, 3: Dense connective tissue with congested blood vessels, 4: Islands of adipose tissue, 5: Nerve bundles, 6: Bands of smooth muscle fibers
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case_images: FIG4
case_images: No malignant cells were detected (Figure 4).