Catalog

Caudal duplication

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Link to WHO Definition

Caudal duplication – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1949559803

Caudal duplication syndrome is a rare entity in which structures derived from the embryonic cloaca and notochord are duplicated to various extents. The term caudal duplication encompasses a spectrum of anomalies and is often used to describe incomplete separation of monovular twins or referred to as part of the spectrum of anomalies associated with conjoined twinning.