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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Coloproctology 2022; 42(02): 190-192
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749085
Case Report

Tailgut Cyst – A Case Report

Bruno Lorenzo Scolaro
1   UNIVALI (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Itajaí, SC, Brazil
,
Gustavo Becker Pereira
1   UNIVALI (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Itajaí, SC, Brazil
,
Fangio Ferrari
1   UNIVALI (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Itajaí, SC, Brazil
,
Letícia Dall'Agnol 
1   UNIVALI (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Itajaí, SC, Brazil
,
Lívia de Aragon Arias
1   UNIVALI (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Itajaí, SC, Brazil
,
Anisio de Souza Neto
1   UNIVALI (Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Itajaí, SC, Brazil
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Abstract

Retrorectal hamartoma, also called tailgut cyst, is a congenital lesion resulting from the non-regression of embryo remnants of the hindgut. We describe in this work the case report of a 68-year-old man, previously healthy, complaining of rectal bulging for 4 months, which was diagnosed by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging as a multiloculated and mucinous lesion, suggestive of tailgut cyst. In view of the finding, the lesion was surgically resected, due to the potential for future complications, and, through the anatomopathological analysis, there were no findings of malignancy in the specimen.

Keywords

pelvic neoplasms - cysts - congenital abnormalities


Publication History

Received: 09 December 2021

Accepted: 11 April 2022

Article published online:
15 June 2022

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