title: The management of presacral masses in the adult.
abstract: Presacral (retrorectal) tumors are particularly rare in the adult. There is difficulty in the performance of diagnostic biopsy, and specialized imaging is required to plan surgical extirpation. This review assesses their incidence and classification as well as the principles involved in their diagnosis and surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wolpert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer-Gabel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lifschitz
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zbar
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region