Tailgut cysts: rare retrorectal tumours.
Two patients presented with tailgut cysts. The first patient complained of pain and pressure in the sacrococcygeal region. The second patient had developed a cystic mass superficial to the coccyx. Pelvic CT scans of both patients demonstrated a retrorectal mass. Both tumours were excised through a posterior para-sacrococcygeal approach with resection of the coccyx.
Department of Surgery, Kliniek O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes, Waregem, Belgium.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed