Rectothecal Fistula Secondary to a Tailgut Cyst With Malignant Transformation: An Abnormal Connection and Unusual Pathology

Am Surg. 2021 Jul;87(7):1126-1128. doi: 10.1177/0003134820940733. Epub 2020 Dec 18.

Authors

Melissa K Stewart¹, Sandra L Kavalukas¹, Christopher M Bonfield¹, Kristen K Ciombor¹, Chanjuan Shi¹, Lisa A Kachnic¹, Alexander T Hawkins¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

PMID: 33338389
DOI: 10.1177/0003134820940733

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adult
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic*
Cerebral Ventriculitis / etiology
Cysts / complications*
Cysts / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Meningitis / etiology
Rectal Diseases / complications*
Rectal Diseases / surgery
Rectal Fistula / complications
Rectal Fistula / etiology*
Rectal Fistula / pathology*
Rectal Fistula / surgery
Rectal Neoplasms / diagnosis