关注社会:小女婴的尾巴已切除

A four-month-old girl received surgery to remove her 6-centimeter tail at a hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, earlier this month.

本月初，在广东省广州市的一家医院，一个4个月大的小女婴通过手术成功切除了她的六厘米的尾巴。

The girl, who was diagnosed with spina bifida at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of the Sun Yat-sen University, was born with the hairless, soft, pink tail, the Guangzhou Daily reported.

据广州日报报道，这个女婴在中山大学孙逸仙纪念医院南院被诊断为先天性隐性脊柱裂合并脊髓栓系，出生的时候携带着一根尾巴，尾巴光滑无毛，柔软，呈粉红色。

Spina bifida, a birth defect affecting the spinal column, can result from genetic or environmental factors. The tail may be related to the disease, although no previous clinical cases have been reported, Deng Xiaogeng, director of the pediatric surgery department of the hospital, was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

先天性隐性脊柱裂合并脊髓栓系，是影响脊柱的先天缺陷，是遗传因素和环境因素共同作用的结果。医院小儿外科的主任邓小耿表示，虽然没有临床病例报告证实，但是女孩长出的尾巴很可能与某种疾病有关。