Unusual perirenal location of a tailgut cyst.
The authors describe a case in which a tailgut cyst occurred at an unusual location in a 22-year-old woman referred for abdominal discomfort and urinary frequency. The left abdomen contained a palpable mass, found at imaging studies to be a homogeneous, unilocular and cystic, and anterior to the left kidney. After surgical excision, it was shown to be a tailgut cyst.
Kang
Joon-Won
JW
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Seung Hyup
SH
Kim
Kyung Won
KW
Moon
Seung Kyu
SK
Kim
Chong Jai
CJ
Chi
Je Geun
JG
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space