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Tailgut cyst. A case report.

D Deltour¹, E Veys

¹Department of Visceral Surgery, Clinique Notre-Dame de Grâce, Gosselies, Belgium. didier.deltour@cndg.be

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

|July 26, 2011

Summary

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Tailgut cysts are rare vestigial masses that can lead to complications like infection or cancer. Surgical intervention is the sole effective treatment for these retro-rectal cystic hamartomas.

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Surgical Oncology
Developmental Biology

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Tailgut cysts, also known as retro-rectal cystic hamartomas, are uncommon congenital anomalies arising from the embryonic tail.
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