A Case of a Tailgut Cyst
Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
;
: 105-108, 2005.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-90460
ABSTRACT
The tailgut is a blind extension of the hindgut into the tail fold just distal to the cloacal membrane. Remnants of this structure may form a tailgut cyst. This is prone to infection and chronic fistula formation and has a long-term risk of malignancy. Non-recognition and incomplete treatment leads to morbidity. A twenty one year-old female patient visited our hospital with repeated perianal pain and discharge. Preoperative abdominopelvic MRI and endorectal ultrasonography revealed a retrorectal cyst suggestive of a tailgut cyst. She underwent a complete excision of the retrorectal mass through a presacral approach. She recovered uneventfully. This report includes the case and a brief review of tailgut cysts.
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Main subject:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Ultrasonography
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Fistula
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Membranes
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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