Open AccessA well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (Grade I) arising in a tailgut cyst
Author(s) -
Angad Singh,
Swapnil Karnik,
Bhushan Khedkar,
Sanjay Deshmukh,
Kedar Deodhar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.189236
Subject(s) - malignancy , medicine , cyst , neuroendocrine differentiation , constipation , histopathological examination , surgical excision , surgery , radiology , pathology , cancer , prostate cancer
Tailgut cysts are rare congenital lesions presenting as retrorectal space masses. They can occur in all age groups. Patients often present with ill-defined nonspecific symptoms and the diagnosis if often delayed. Malignancy arising in a tailgut cyst is an even rarer and unique occurrence. A precise diagnosis can be made only after complete excision and histopathological examination of the retrorectal space mass. We describe here a case of a 63-year-old male presenting with chronic constipation, who was diagnosed with a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (Grade I) arising in a tailgut cyst after surgical excision.