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Sacral Dimple In Newborn

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Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

my grandaugheter premature 6 months has sacral dimple and immediately below it feels like a bone is protruding - its a hard feeling - not a lump it feels like bone protruding. what can that be? I am so scared... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

my three day old granddaughter has a hole in the backside crease which goes through to the sacrum ... will need surgery in a couple of weeks to close it. Is this a serious or common condition ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

My 10 year old son seems to sweat a lot in the coccyx area when playing sport. He has a small hole above his anus (coccygeal pit or sacral dimple). It cause him to continually touch his butt which... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

My granddaughter was born last week at 6 1/2 lbs. She has a hole in her heart, small head, small labia and a sacral dimple and it seems she has a large nose for such a small person. Needless to say, we... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr. G.Srinivasan MD

I have a sacral dimple that has been also called a spina bifida occulta . I am now 55 and have been have been experiencing left sided numbness any time I curl up in a fetal postion. The numbness... View answer

Answered by : Dr. G.Srinivasan ( Urologist)

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Dr.   Ganesh MD

My newborn had an ultrasound done on her spine because she had a sacral dimple. The ultrasound came back normal but the description of the Conus position: Normal position at L2. Mild prominence of the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ganesh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Meghana Sultania MD

Hello. My 6wk old daughter has a deep sacral dimple which seems as though it has started sporadically bleeding. There has been blood in her nappy that coincides with the place her simple is and when ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Meghana Sultania ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Poonam Samhaji MD

my newborn grandson has a white tuft of hair on the back of his head-as well as an ear tag and ear dimple. a nurse made the comment about watching for deafness - he passed his neo-hearing tests. never ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Poonam Samhaji ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Ratna Mulay MD

tie, a high palate, a pretty recessed chin, hypospadias, and a shallow sacral dimple. Several people ... to worry about with this mthfr stuff?Also at what age and in what kind of practice should we... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ratna Mulay ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Ramakant MD

) indentation, maybe a sacral dimple, that is always causing pain around my lower back. Is this something I ...I am a 35 year old female with lower back pain including occasional pins and needles numbness... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramakant ( General & Family Physician)