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KMID : 0356720050210020105
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Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2005 Volume.21 No. 2 p.105 ~ p.108
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A Case of a Tailgut Cyst
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Kim Sin-Sun
Kim Ji-Youn
Hwang Bo-Seal
Kim Jung-Goo
Lee Dong-Ho
You Young-Kyoung
Ahn Chang-Joon
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Tailgut cyst
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