The management of presacral masses in the adult.
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.
Wolpert
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Department of Gastroenterology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Beer-Gabel
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Lifschitz
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Zbar
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D001706:Biopsy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region