Guest guest Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hello, Our daughter, Keira, was born on Dec 4 with a right clubfoot. Like my mom and my 16-month old son, she has a sacral dimple (a dimple just above her anus). The pediatrician in the hospital as well as our family doctor who checked her basically just said to keep it clean and of course they check that it has an ending and is not open. Our orthopedic doctor who began treating her clubfoot last week said that he wants to do an MRI at some point (like when she is 2). Now I am worried about things like tethered spinal cords after looking on the internet. I am going to ask him why not just do an ultrasound or MRI now rather than wait and also, why nothing has ever been made of my son having it (who is doing great) and why the pediatrician didn't also suggest this. The dimple is right in her intergluteal crease and I've read that this is quite common and that when they are in the crease they usually don't suggest anything problematic. Does anyone know anything about this? Also, we had a very detailed ultrasound by a perinatologist at 20 weeks and they didn't see any problems with her spine or anything. I remember some posts quite a while ago about sacral dimples and didn't really focus on them too much. Do any of your babies/children have these and did they suggest an MRI or ultrasound? Sorry, I know I am a worrier. My husband thinks he ought to take the internet away! I am just praying that everything else, besides her little clubfoot, is normal. Thanks, Halley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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