title: Presacral tumors: case report, review of the literature.
abstract: A case report involving a 42-year-old female is presented. The symptoms and objective physical findings manifest a diagnostic problem. The anatomical site of the tumor depends on the consideration of the numerous possible etiological factors, and one of which is the embryologic knowledge of the region involved. The clinical, pathological, and embryologic features of a case of presacral tumor is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zastrow
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Reasa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed