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

Najat Mourra; Scott Caplin; Rolland Parc; Jean-François Flejou

doi:10.1007/s10350-004-6564-7

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

Dis Colon Rectum. 2003 Mar;46(3):411-3. doi: 10.1007/s10350-004-6564-7.

Authors

Najat Mourra¹, Scott Caplin, Rolland Parc, Jean-François Flejou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du faubourg St-Antoine, AP-HP, 75012 Paris, France.

PMID: 12626920
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6564-7

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Cysts / pathology*
Humans
Male
Pelvic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pelvic Neoplasms / pathology*
Pelvic Neoplasms / surgery
Rectal Diseases / pathology*
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Tomography, X-Ray Computed