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A pelvic digit, pelvic finger, or pelvic rib is a rare congenital

abnormality in humans, in which bone tissue develops in the soft
tissue near the pelvis, resembling a rib or finger and often
divided into one or more segments with pseudo-articulations.
Pelvic digits are typically benign and asymptomatic, and are
usually discovered accidentally. Approximately 41 cases have
been reported.[1]
The pelvic digit was first reported by Sullivan and Cornwell in
1974.[2] Pelvic digits may be located at any level of the pelvis, the
lower ribs, or even the anterior abdominal wall. It is theorized that
pelvic digit anomalies arise during the mesenchymal stage of
Radiograph showing a pelvic digit
bone growth, within the first six weeks of embryogenesis. Their
formation may result from a failure of the primordium of the
coccyx to fuse to the vertebral column, leading to the independent development of a proto-rib structure.[1]

References

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1. ^ a b Van Breuseghem, I. (2006). "The pelvic digit: a harmless 'eleventh' finger" . British Journal of Radiology 79 (945): 106107.
doi:10.1259/bjr/17378249 . PMID 16940362 . Retrieved 2009-06-14.
2. ^ Pandey, Vivek; Ajay Singh Thakur; Kiran K.V. Acharya; P. Sripathi Rao (2009). "The pelvic digit 'eleventh finger'" . Indian
Journal of Orthopaedics 43 (1): 9798. doi:10.4103/0019-5413.45332 . ISSN 1998-3727 . PMC 2739487 . PMID 19753190 .
Retrieved 2009-06-14.

External links

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Radiographs of a pelvic digit

"Case report 32 " in Skeletal Radiology (full text requires subscription)
"The pelvic digit: five new examples of an unusual anomaly" in Skeletal Radiology (full text requires subscription)
"The Pelvic Digit A Rare Developmental Anomaly" in Acta Radiologica (full text requires subscription)

See also

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Supernumerary body part

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