A three-year-old girl developed a tuft of coarse hair on her back as a result of spinal problems. The girl, in Taiwan, had the patch of thick, dark hair on her lower back from birth.

A tuft of dark hair on the back of a 3-year old girl (left) was a sign of underlying spinal abnormalities. On the right, an image of the spinal cyst and split spinal cord. (Image credit: The New ...