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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 21
| Issue : 4 | Page : 187-189 |
Currarino syndrome: Rare clinical variants
Bindey Kumar1, Amit Kumar Sinha1, Prem Kumar2, Anil Kumar3
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, Bihar, India
2 Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, Bihar, India
3 Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, Bihar, India
Correspondence Address:
Bindey Kumar
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, Bihar
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.186550
Currarino syndrome (CS) is a rare clinical condition. The classical presentation includes a triad of sacral anomaly, anorectal malformations, and presacral mass. This syndrome belongs to the group of persistent neuroenteric malformations. This article presents two cases of Currarino syndrome, where there was rare clinical variants such as rectal atresia in the first case and rectal stenosis in the second case. The clinical presentations were very deceptive as the first case presented as high anorectal malformation and the second case was simulating Hirschprung's disease.
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