Tailgut Cyst – A Case Report
AUTOR(ES)
Scolaro, Bruno Lorenzo; Pereira, Gustavo Becker; Ferrari, Fangio; Dall’Agnol, Letícia; Arias, Lívia de Aragon; Souza Neto, Anisio de
FONTE
Journal of Coloproctology (Rio de Janeiro)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2022
RESUMO
ABSTRACT Retrorectal hamartoma, also called tailgut cyst, is a congenital lesion resulting from the non-regression of embryo remnants of the hindgut. We describe in this work the case report of a 68-year-old man, previously healthy, complaining of rectal bulging for 4 months, which was diagnosed by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging as a multi-loculated and mucinous lesion, suggestive of tailgut cyst. In view of the finding, the lesion was surgically resected, due to the potential for future complications, and, through the anatomopathological analysis, there were no findings of malignancy in the specimen.
