The rare case of the baby born with a 6cm tail covered in skin and hair

The doctors couldn’t get over their amazement. As soon as the baby was born, and after the cesarean section, they realized that she had something different and very particular: a tail of skin and fur almost 6 centimeters long.

although a investigation which was carried out worldwide has detected nearly 200 cases of children born with tailsThis is the first time something like this has happened in Mexico.

This extremely rare medical case occurred in a rural hospital in New Leo.

The strange case of the boy with a tail

After the initial surprise, the doctors succeeded successfully operate the child’s tail new born.

According to a case study entry published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery“the girl he had no history of radiation exposure or infection during pregnancy”.

The appendix it was 5.7 centimeters long and was between 3 and 5 millimeters in diameter along its entire length. It was cylindrical and took on a pointed shape towards the end.

Although her details have not been disclosed to protect the baby’s identity, it is known that she was born by caesarean section, that her the parents are in excellent health and that they are about 20 years old.

The doctors, led by Dr. Josué Rueda, indicated that the baby was born at full term and there were no complications during the pregnancy, he highlighted. The truth. And for this they can’t find an explanation for the queue with which he came into the world.

How was the queue?

When the specialists examined the tail, they noticed it it came out of the end of his tailbone and that it had a base slightly shifted to the left. Furthermore, they indicated that she could move it without pain, but that she had sensitivity in her because when they pricked her with a needle she would cry.

After several tests, they noted that the baby is healthy; and that brain, heart, hearing and urine test results were normal, the outlet said.

There are two types of “human queues”. On the one hand, the “pseudocode”which are growths that look like a tail but originate in the spine or tumors, i.e. they are caused by some underlying disease.

On the other hand, there are i “true queue”which are those that contain muscles, blood vessels and nerves.

In this case, doctors noticed that the tail-like structure was covered in hair and skin.

They then did a lumbosacral x-ray, an imaging test that helps the doctor see the anatomy of the lower back, but found no evidence of anomalies or bony structures within the tail.

This means that the tail was not a functionless tail in the sense of an appendage, which over time has lost all use on the body, but a “true tail” –a benign structure composed of connective tissue, muscles and nerves-.

After two months, the doctors examined the little girl again and recognized him the tail had grown about 1 cm. That’s why they decided that they should have surgery, which did not present any kind of complications.

The story of the queue

The Journal of clinical cases of pediatric surgery explains that the The first evidence of a child with a tail dates back to the 19th century. and since then there have only been about 195 cases.

In reality, the experts argue, it is a deformation for which there is little data and which is still “not fully understood”.