Affiliation:
1. Department Of General Surgery, Svs Medical College, Mahbubnagar
Abstract
Objective: Tailgut cysts are rare retro rectal masses often presenting with non-specic symptoms which are challenging to diagnose and manage.
Methods: A 40 year old female presented with abdominal distention and urinary retention on further evaluation diagnosis of tail gut cyst has been
made with retro rectal tumors as differential diagnosis and was operated through trans-abdominal cyst excision. On histo-pathological examination
diagnosis was conrmed. Retro-rectal lesions in female patients can mim Conclusions: ic gynecological pathology. Patients with this rare
pathology are to be treated in a major tertiary hospital by surgeons, who are able to operate safely in the retro-rectal space.
Subject
Urology,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Surgery,Small Animals,Virology,Immunology,Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Paleontology,Aquatic Science,Oceanography,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Polymers and Plastics,Materials Science (miscellaneous)
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