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Case Reports

. 2018 Oct;74(4):374-376.

doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.07.006. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

The Currarino Triad

M S Vinod¹, Subhash Chandra Shaw², Amit Devgan³, Sweta Mukherjee⁴

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Classified Specialist (Surgery) and Paediatric Surgeon, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.
² Associate Professor (Paediatrics), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
³ Senior Advisor & Head (Paediatrics), Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.
⁴ Graded Specialist (Paediatrics), Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.

PMID: 30449925
PMCID: PMC6224645
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.07.006

Case Reports

The Currarino Triad

M S Vinod et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;74(4):374-376.

doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.07.006. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

Authors

M S Vinod¹, Subhash Chandra Shaw², Amit Devgan³, Sweta Mukherjee⁴

Affiliations

¹ Classified Specialist (Surgery) and Paediatric Surgeon, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.
² Associate Professor (Paediatrics), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India.
³ Senior Advisor & Head (Paediatrics), Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.
⁴ Graded Specialist (Paediatrics), Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.

PMID: 30449925
PMCID: PMC6224645
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.07.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Anorectal malformation; Currarino syndrome; Currarino triad; Presacral mass; Sacrococcygeal bone defect.

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Figures

Fig. 1 — Fig. 1
Anteriorly displaced anus with small mass protruding from posterior aspect.

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
(A, B) Sagittal T2W Fat Sat and axial T1W and image of pelvis showing lobulated fat intensity mass with small cystic areas within, in the presacral region which was extending posteriorly into the spinal canal. (C) CT scan pelvis showing fat attenuating mass in the presacral region displacing the rectum anterolaterally to the left. There were no calcific densities within the mass.

Fig. 3 — Fig. 3
Reconstructed computed tomography (CT) of spine showing abnormal sacrum (hemisacrum) with missing coccygeal segments.

Fig. 4 — Fig. 4
Repair through a posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP).

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