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==Overview==
'''Currarino syndrome''' is a condition where the [[sacrum]] (the fused vertebrae forming the back of the [[pelvis]]) is not formed properly, there is a mass in the [[presacral space]] in front of sacrum, and there are malformations of the [[anus]] or [[rectum]].
The condition is an [[autosomal dominant]] genetic trait caused by a mutation in the HLXB9 homeobox gene.

Currarino syndrome may cause an [[spina bifida|anterior meningocele]] or [[teratoma|presacral teratoma]], or both.

==External links==
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=176450 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM):  Currarino syndrome]



{{Congenital malformations and deformations of nervous system}}
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[[Category:Rare diseases]]
[[Category:Congenital disorders]]
[[pl:Zespół Currarino]]
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