Caudal duplication syndrome: a rare entity Authors Saadia Kanwal Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Shazia Batool Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Shamoona Naqvi Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Naila Israr Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Samina Akhtar Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Saadia Zia Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.8664 Keywords: Caudal duplication, Genitourinary, Gestation, Hindgut Abstract The rare caudal duplication syndrome is a spectrum of anomalies primarily involving partial or complete duplication of organs comprising the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and distal neural tube systems. These findings are considered to be a result of aberrant embryogenesis. We hereby report a case of an adult female with complete duplication of the genital and urinary systems (urethra and bladder), hindgut and lower end of vertebral column with no functional impairment. She presented in her first pregnancy at 36 weeks gestation, in labour. To the author's knowledge this is the first case of caudal duplication syndrome with pregnancy from Pakistan. Key Words: Caudal duplication, Genitourinary, Gestation, Hindgut. Author Biographies Shazia Batool, Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Senoir Registrar, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad Shamoona Naqvi, Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Associate Surgeon, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad Naila Israr, Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Consultant Surgeon, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad Samina Akhtar, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Pakistan Institue of Medical Sciences Saadia Zia, Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Medical Officer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-02-11 How to Cite Kanwal, S., Batool, S., Naqvi, S., Israr, N., Akhtar, S., & Zia, S. (2024). Caudal duplication syndrome: a rare entity. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(3), 573–575. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.8664 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 3 (2024): MARCH Section CASE REPORT License Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.