Presacral neuroendocrine carcinoma developed in a tailgut cyst: report of a case.

Mourra, Najat; Caplin, Scott; Parc, Rolland; Flejou, Jean-François · Dis Colon Rectum · 2003

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Abstract

We report a case of retrorectal neuroendocrine carcinoma in a 68-year-old male. This malignant tumor was associated with cystic structures with a variety of epithelial linings, including squamous, ciliated, columnar, and transitional, consistent with a tailgut cyst. To the best of our knowledge this is only the second such tumor reported in the literature.

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