Erfanul Saker1, Rod J Oskouian2, Marios Loukas3, James M Johnston4, R Shane Tubbs5, Michael Conklin6. 1. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, Grenada, WI, USA. saker2487@gmail.com. 2. Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, USA. 3. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, Grenada, WI, USA. 4. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Birmingham, AL, USA. 5. Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA. 6. Section of Pediatric OrthopedicsChildren's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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.
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.
Authors: Emily N Morgan; Sean M Caskey; William E Bronson; Glen O Baird; Bryan J Tompkins; Paul M Caskey Journal: J Pediatr Orthop B Date: 2016-05 Impact factor: 1.041