Image of the month. Retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst)

Arch Surg. 2008 Oct;143(10):1017, 1018. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.143.10.1017.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology*
  • Cysts / congenital
  • Cysts / pathology*
  • Cysts / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hamartoma / congenital
  • Hamartoma / pathology*
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Laparotomy / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sacrococcygeal Region
  • Treatment Outcome