EC Gastroenterology and Digestive System

Tailgut cysts or presacral cystic hamartomas are rare lesions with an incidence of less than 1 in 40,000 They are more common in female patients and can undergo malignant transformation [1]. Most patients are asymptomatic and the lesions are discovered incidentally.

We report here a case of a male patient with a large tailgut cyst who was relatively asymptomatic and the lesion was discovered on routine sonography. After further appropriate investigations, the lesion was removed by a laparoscopic technique assisted by an open perineal approach. The pathological features were suggestive of a tailgut cyst which also harboured a neuroendocrine tumour.

Keywords: Tailgut Cyst; Neuroendocrine Tumour; Presacral Cystic Hamartomas

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