Caudal Duplication Syndrome: A Case Report of Challenging Imaging Findings and Management

Mahdavi Rashed, Masood; Mohammadipour, Ahmad; Najafi, Samaneh; Seyedhoseini, Malihe

doi:10.22038/ijp.2021.54433.4304

Caudal Duplication Syndrome: A Case Report of Challenging Imaging Findings and Management

Document Type : case report

Authors

Masood Mahdavi Rashed ¹

Ahmad Mohammadipour ²

Samaneh Najafi ³

Malihe Seyedhoseini ⁴

¹ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,Iran

² Department of surgury,Akbar Hospital,Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

³ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,Iran.

⁴ Islamic Republic of Iran, Khorasan Razavi,Mashhad, Emamreza Hospital,Mashhad,Iran

10.22038/ijp.2021.54433.4304

Abstract

Caudal duplication syndrome is a rare congenital disease caused by duplication of cloaca and notochord embryonic structures in various forms. The estimated prevalence of this syndrome is 1 per 100,000 births. A range of anomalies is observed in urinary and gastrointestinal tracts as well as in skeletal and neural structures of the spine and even limbs of these patients. Various factors such as genetic disorders and conjoined twinning have been mentioned in etiology of the disease. We introduce a case of this rare disease referred to our center for imaging as an infant with increased soft tissue in perineum without excretion of meconium from birth but with evidence of duplication in the genitourinary system (vagina and urethra) and gastrointestinal tract (rectum and colon) that was subject to reconstructive surgery.

Keywords

Caudal Duplication Syndrome

Congenital Anomalies

Genitourinary Duplication

Infant

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