title: Tail gut cyst.
abstract: The tail gut is a blind extension of the hindgut into the tail fold just distal to the cloacal membrane. Remnants of this structure may form tail gut cyst. We report a 14-year-old girl with tail gut cyst that presented as acute abdomen. The patient recovered after cyst excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurnool Medical College Hospital, Kurnool 518 002.
authors.forename: G Mallikarjuna
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haricharan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramanujacharyulu
authors.forename: K Lakshmi
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology