A Case of a Tailgut Cyst.
- Author:
Sin Sun KIM
1
;
Ji Yeon KIM
;
Hye Kyung LEE
;
Seal HWANGBO
;
Jeong Gu KIM
;
Dong Ho LEE
;
Young Kyoung YOU
;
Chang Joon AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. jykim@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tailgut cyst
- MeSH:
Female;
Fistula;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Membranes;
Ultrasonography
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2005;21(2):105-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The tailgut is a blind extension of the hindgut into the tail fold just distal to the cloacal membrane. Remnants of this structure may form a tailgut cyst. This is prone to infection and chronic fistula formation and has a long-term risk of malignancy. Non-recognition and incomplete treatment leads to morbidity. A twenty one year-old female patient visited our hospital with repeated perianal pain and discharge. Preoperative abdominopelvic MRI and endorectal ultrasonography revealed a retrorectal cyst suggestive of a tailgut cyst. She underwent a complete excision of the retrorectal mass through a presacral approach. She recovered uneventfully. This report includes the case and a brief review of tailgut cysts.
