title: Tailgut cyst: MRI evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study was to evaluate the MRI features of tailgut cysts in five patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that MRI may be useful in the diagnosis of tailgut cyst. A multilocular cystic mass in the presacral space is a characteristic MRI finding of tailgut cyst, which may also be revealed as a cystic mass consisting of a large cyst accompanied by a small peripheral cyst. However, further studies are necessary to establish the usefulness of MRI for evaluating tailgut cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gachon Medical College Gil Medical Center, 1198, Guwol-Dong, Namdong-Gu, Incheon 405-760, South Korea. dmyang@ghil.com
authors.forename: Dal Mo
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chul Hi
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Wook
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Suk Ki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jee Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soo Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dong Hae
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome