An unusual rectal duplication cyst
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Author(s)
Anastasiadou, Sofia
Tekkis, Paris
Kontovounisios, Christos
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Background
Rectal duplication cysts are rare gastrointestinal congenital duplicate cysts with various clinical presentations that require different management.
Case presentation
We present a case of a lady with a double rectal duplicate cyst which was found incidentally on a follow-up CT abdomen and pelvis scan. The patient initially had a mucocele excision, and following that, she had a non-contrast CT abdomen and pelvis to investigate post-operative pain. The CT scan revealed a single rectal duplicate cyst. She had a posterior approach excision to have it removed, and only intra-operatively, she was found to have a double rectal duplicate cyst. She had them both removed via a midline incision running from the perineal pigmentation and extending until the coccyx. She had another follow-up CT which showed complete excision of the cysts.
Conclusions
After a thorough review of the literature regarding rectal cysts, there was no mention of a double rectal duplicate cyst. The purpose of this paper is to point out the various potential presentations of a rectal cyst as well as the idea that a double cyst is managed effectively in a similar way as the single one.
Rectal duplication cysts are rare gastrointestinal congenital duplicate cysts with various clinical presentations that require different management.
Case presentation
We present a case of a lady with a double rectal duplicate cyst which was found incidentally on a follow-up CT abdomen and pelvis scan. The patient initially had a mucocele excision, and following that, she had a non-contrast CT abdomen and pelvis to investigate post-operative pain. The CT scan revealed a single rectal duplicate cyst. She had a posterior approach excision to have it removed, and only intra-operatively, she was found to have a double rectal duplicate cyst. She had them both removed via a midline incision running from the perineal pigmentation and extending until the coccyx. She had another follow-up CT which showed complete excision of the cysts.
Conclusions
After a thorough review of the literature regarding rectal cysts, there was no mention of a double rectal duplicate cyst. The purpose of this paper is to point out the various potential presentations of a rectal cyst as well as the idea that a double cyst is managed effectively in a similar way as the single one.
Date Issued
2019-05-09
Date Acceptance
2019-04-22
Citation
Surgical Case Reports, 2019, 5 (1)
ISSN
2198-7793
Publisher
SpringerOpen
Journal / Book Title
Surgical Case Reports
Volume
5
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Surgery
Rectal duplication cyst
Gastrointestinal congenital cyst
Retrorectal development cyst
Rectal mass
Gastrointestinal congenital cyst
Rectal duplication cyst
Rectal mass
Retrorectal development cyst
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
75 (2019)