Mucinous adenocarcinoma of a tailgut cyst

Philemon K. Kumassah, Antoinette A.A. Bediako-Bowan, Nelson Agboadoh, Yaw B. Mensah, Jonathan C.B. Dakubo

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Abstract

A tailgut cyst is a rare congenital lesion that develops from a residual posterior remnant of the intestine and presents as a mass in the presacral space. They are generally asymptomatic or have atypical symptoms, are usually benign but may rarely become malignant. We report a case of a 37-year-old female who initially presented to the Surgical Department of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana with a malignant tailgut cyst after having repeated surgical procedures for recurrent perianal infective pathologies but still had persistence of symptoms. The lesion was initially excised and found to be a dermoid cyst histologically. The mass recurred after a year and had a re-excision; the lesion was diagnosed histologically as mucinous adenocarcinoma. This report emphasizes the different forms of presentation of a patient with a tailgut cyst and the possibility of malignant transformation, as well as the presentation of this tailgut cyst which can be diagnosed using radiological investigations and histological findings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)46-50
Number of pages5
JournalGhana Medical Journal
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • adenocarcinoma
  • mucinous
  • presacral
  • retrorectal hamartoma
  • tailgut cyst

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