Tail gut cyst.
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.
Rao
G Mallikarjuna
GM
Department of Surgery, Kurnool Medical College Hospital, Kurnool 518 002.
Haricharan
P
P
Ramanujacharyulu
S
S
Reddy
K Lakshmi
KL
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