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Objective To summarize and analyze our experiences uponperforming laparoscopic resection ofpresacral cysts,at the aim of generalizing the minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of this disease.Methods The clinical data of 33 patients with presacral cysts treated by laparoscopy in Peking Union Medical College Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from November 2012 to June 2017 were retrospectively analyzed.The operation time, the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications and the length of hospital stay were counted.Results Tumor excision was completed according to the plan without conversion to open surgery.The average operation time was ( 124.4 ± 63.0) minutes.There were 1 case of rectal injury and 1 case of presacral venous plexus hemorrhage.The complications were 6%.Postoperative rectal leakage occurred in 2 cases ( 6%).The average hospitalization time after operation was ( 6.7 ± 4.3) days.Of 33 cases, 2 cases were lost.One case had recurrence of presacral cyst one year after operation.Conclusion Laparoscopic resection of presacral cysts is technically feasible,and helps to improve intraoperative exposure,increase operating space and improve the resection rate of tumors.
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A 32-year-old woman was referred to our institution for a pelvic mass. She was asymptomatic and was found to have a mass on rectal examination. Magnetic resonance showed a large solid-cystic mass and the patient underwent complete surgical excision with pathologic findings suggesting retrorectal cyst-hamartoma. Tailgut cysts (or retrorectal cystic hamartomas) are rare congenital lesions settled in the retrorectal (presacral) space. They are made up of cysts lined by multiple types of epithelium, often predominantly mucin-secreting. The lesion requires complete surgical excision to prevent complications of recurrence, infection or carcinomatous degeneration.
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Tailgut cyst is a rare congenital lesion in retrorectal space. The clinical significance of tailgut cyst presents its morbidity that occurs in the unrecognized and incompletely treated lesion. A forty four year-old female patient visited with lower abdominal pain during defecation. Preoperative abdominopelvic MRI and endorectal ultrasonography revealed a retrorectal mass suggestive of leiomyoma, dermoid cyst, teratoma, or duplication cyst of rectum. She underwent complete resection of retrorectal mass by transsphincteric approach. The mass was multilocular cyst lined by multiple types of epithelium. It was histologically confirmed as a tailgut cyst. She recovered uneventfully. This report includes the case and a brief review of tailgut cyst.