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Currarino's triad
Also known as:
Currarino's complex
Currarino's syndrome
Associated persons:
Guido Currarino
Description:
A complex of congenital malformations in the anococcygeal region, in various combinations and degrees of seriousness. It consists of the triad of sacral defect (scimitar sacrum - crescentic bony defect and malsegmentation), anorectal malformation (anal stenosis, anal extopia, and imperforate anus), and presacral anomaly (anterior meningocele, teratoma, or cyst). Inheritance is autosomal dominant.
The triad of anorectal malformation, sacral bony abnormality and a presacral mass was first described by T. Bryant in 1838, then by R. L. J. Kennedy in 1926, and K. M. Ashcraft and T. M. Holder in 1974.
Bibliography:
- T. Bryant:
Case of deficiency of the anterior part of the sacrum, with a thecal sac in the pelvis, similar to the tumour of spina bifida.
The Lancet, 1838, 1: 358-360
- R. L. J. Kennedy:
An unusual rectal polyp: anterior sacral meningocele.
Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Chicago, 1926, 43: 803-804.
- K. M. Ashcraft and T. M. Holder:
Hereditary presacral teratoma.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Philadelphia, 1974, 9: 691-697.
- G. Currarino, D. Coln, T.P. Votteler:
Triad of anorectal, sacral and presacral anomalies.
American Journal of Roentgenology, Leesburg, Virginia, 1981, 137: 395-398.
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