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Hello docs my baby is 16 months old... From birth she is having small pit above buttock crease...exactly where buttock crease ends... I was nt knwng abt it and nthr did her pediatrician mentioned at birth chckup...few days back I was scrolling internet and came to know these are called sacral dimple and can sometimes b associated wd spine problem...since then I am worried... Abt my baby... Attached here is the pic of the same... Also on internet it is mentioned sjmple sacral dimple are  upto 2.5 cm from anus... More than that needs to be investigated... Is it really condition fr that more than 2.5 needs to b investigated...
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More than  a sacral dimple, it looks like a pilonidal sinus. However, get it evaluated by a surgeon.
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