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Case Report
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J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2005;21(2):105-108.
- A Case of a Tailgut Cyst.
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Kim, Sin Sun , Kim, Ji Yeon , Lee, Hye Kyung , Hwangbo, Seal , Kim, Jeong Gu , Lee, Dong Ho , You, Young Kyoung , Ahn, Chang Joon
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1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. jykim@catholic.ac.kr
2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- 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.
Keywords :Tailgut cyst
