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A never before reported variant of the sacrum

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Abstract

Introduction

Several important steps occur in order for the sacrum to develop properly. Embryological derailment can result in several different anatomical variants.

Case report

Herein, we report, to our knowledge, the first case of a duplicated sacrum in the sagittal plane.

Conclusions

Clinicians and radiologists should be aware of such a finding if found during imaging. We would hypothesize that such a variant occurred near the 29th day of development and probably arose from an error in the HOX gene. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported case.

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  1. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, Grenada, WI, USA

    Erfanul Saker & Marios Loukas

  2. Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, USA

    Rod J. Oskouian

  3. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Birmingham, AL, USA

    James M. Johnston

  4. Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA

    R. Shane Tubbs

  5. Section of Pediatric OrthopedicsChildren’s of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Michael Conklin

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Correspondence to Erfanul Saker.

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Saker, E., Oskouian, R.J., Loukas, M. et al. A never before reported variant of the sacrum. Surg Radiol Anat 39, 807–809 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-016-1772-0

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