Excision of a recurrent retrorectal tailgut cyst after 58 years
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[Retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst): an uncommon cause of recurrent abdominal pain.]
Retrorectal cystic hamartomas are rare congenital lesions that arise from aberrant remnants of the postanal gut. Most of them appear as asymptomatic lesions in middle-aged women but they can manifest with nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal or pelvic pain, constipation or diarrhoea, genitourinary symptoms, etc. Due to their anatomical position and variable presentation these lesions are ofte...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230286