Tailgut cyst as a subcutaneous tumor at the coccygeal region [3]

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-277

  Murao, Kazutoshi ^a   Fukui, Yasushi ^a   Numoto, Satoshi ^a   Urano, Yoshio ^b  

^a Kochi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TAILGUT CYST; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CYSTS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; RECTAL DISEASES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037794122     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200306000-00018     Document Type: Letter

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