A rare presentation of lower back swelling as tailgut cyst

A rare presentation of lower back swelling as tailgut cyst

Retrorectal cystic hamartoma, also known as tailgut cyst, is a rare congenital developmental lesion arising from postnatal primitive gut remnants in the retrorectal space. The rarity of the lesion and its anatomical position usually leads to difficulty in diagnosis and surgical management. This cyst...

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Main Authors: Prem Chand, Simmi Bhatnagar, Ashok Kumar, Nisha Rani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
Retrorectal cystic hamartoma
retrorectal space
surgical management
tailgut cyst
trans-abdominal approach
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