Preferred Label : Caudal duplication;
ICD-11 definition : 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.;
Origin ID : 1949559803;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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.
