Open AccessAn Unusual Perineal Swelling: A Cyst Between the Sphincters
Author(s) -
ES Lake,
AH Engledow,
Crg Cohen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of surgical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2042-8812
DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2010.9.2
Subject(s) - medicine , perineum , cyst , anatomy , dissection (medical) , epidermal cyst , surgery
Epidermal cysts are very common lesions. Here we present the unusual case of an epidermal cyst occurring between the anal sphincters, presenting as a lump in the perineum. This was successfully excised with careful dissection of the intersphincteric plane. To our knowledge this is the only case of its kind reported in the literature.