title: Presacral fibroma in a young laborer presenting with chronic lumbago.
abstract: A 24-year-old patient had a long history of low backache. After examination he was found to have a presacral mass grossly displacing the rectum anteriorly. Surgical exploration revealed a large rounded mass (20x17x10cm) occupying the presacral space and adherent to the sacral promontory. The mass was totally excised. The histology was a benign fibroma. The patient persued an excellent post-operative course and has remained symptom free for one year now.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan. rasheid@usa.net
authors.forename: Ahmed O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: El-Nazeer
authors.forename: Mohamed E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging