title: Ciliated median raphe cyst of perineum presenting as perianal polyp: a case report with immunohistochemical study, review of literature, and pathogenesis.
abstract: Median raphe cyst is a very rare, benign congenital lesion occurring mainly on the ventral aspect of the penis, but can develop anywhere in the midline between the external urethral meatus and anus. We report a case of median raphe cyst in the perineum presenting as a perianal polyp in a 65-year-old, English white male with exceptionally rare ciliated epithelium. According to our knowledge, this is the third such case of ciliated median raphe cyst in the English literature. This case, also the first case of ciliated median raphe cyst in the perineum location, focuses on pathogenesis of median raphe cyst.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. jsagar_2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jayesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sagar
authors.forename: Bethani
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sagar
authors.forename: Adam F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Shak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010502:Perineum / Q000473:pathology*; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology