Retrorectal cyst hamartoma (tailgut cyst) with malignant transformation

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 266-268

  Tampi, Chandralekha ^a   Lotwala, Vikram ^a   Lakdawala, Muffazal ^a   Coelho, Kiran ^a  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Retrorectal cystic hamartomas; Tailgut cyst

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RETRORECTAL CYST HAMARTOMA; TAILGUT CYST; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VAGINA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYSTS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947357125     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Hjermstad B.M., and Helwig E.B. Tailgut cysts: report of 53 cases. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 89 (1988) 139-147
2. Cho B.C., Kim N.K., Lim B.J., Kang S.O., Sohn J.H., Roh J.K., CHoi S.T., Kim S.A., and Park S.E. A carcinoembryonic antigen-secreting adenocarcinoma arising in tailgut cyst: clinical implications of carcinoembryonic antigen. Yonsei Med. J. 46 4 (2005) 555-561
3. Ballantyne E.N. Sacrococcygeal tumors: adenocarcinoma of a cystic congenital embryonal remnant. Arch. Pathol. 14 (1932) 1-9
4. Marco V., Autonell J., Farre J., et al. Retrorectal cyst hamartomas: report of two cases with adenocarcinoma developing in one. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 6 (1982) 707-714
5. Liessi G., Cesari S., Pavanello M., et al. Tailgut cysts: CT and MR findings. Abdom. Imaging 20 (1995) 256-258
6. Pfannschmidt J., Bottcher H., Hey A., et al. L. Development of adenocarcinoma in a retrorectal pre-sacrococcygeal hamartoma. Chirurg 66 7 (1995 (Jul)) 735-738
7. Levert L.M., Rooyen W.V., and Van Den Bergen H.A. Cysts of the tailgut. Eur. J. Surg. 162 (1996) 149-152
8. Andea A.A., and Klimstra D.S. Adenocarcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst with prominent meningothelial proliferation and thyroid tissue: case report and review of the literature. Virchows Arch. 446 3 (2005) 316-321
9. Lin S.L., Yang A.H., Liu Moreira A.L., Scholes J.V., Boppana S., and Melamed J. p53 mutation in adenocarcinoma arising in retrorectal cyst hamartoma (tailgut cyst): report of 2 cases: an immunohistochemistry/immunoperoxidase study. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 125 (2001) 1361-1364
10. Prasad A.R., Amin M.B., Randolph T.L., et al. Retrorectal cystic hamartoma: report of 5 cases with malignancy arising in 2. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 124 (2000) 725-729
11. Graadt van Roggen J.F., Welvaart K., de Roos A., Offerhaus G.J.A., and Hogendoorn P.C.W. Adenocarcinoma arising within a tailgut cyst: clinicopathological description and follow up of an unusual case. J. Clin. Pathol. 52 (1999) 310-312
12. Moreira A.L., Scholes J.V., Boppana S., and Melamed J. p53 mutation in adenocarcinoma arising in retrorectal cyst hamartoma (tailgut cyst): report of 2 cases: an immunohistochemistry/immunoperoxidase study. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 125 (2001) 1361-1364
13. Schwarz R.E., Lyda M., Lew M., and Paz I.B. A carcinoembryonic antigen-secreting adenocarcinoma arising within a retrorectal tailgut cyst: clinicopathological considerations. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 95 (2000) 1344-1347