A massive pelvic mucocele presenting as a cystic sacral mass

Christine Boone; C Rory Goodwin; Genevieve Crane; James Pendleton; Daniel Sciubba

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2015.04.006

A massive pelvic mucocele presenting as a cystic sacral mass

J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Nov;22(11):1834-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.04.006. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Authors

Christine Boone¹, C Rory Goodwin¹, Genevieve Crane², James Pendleton¹, Daniel Sciubba³

Affiliations

¹ Neurosurgery Department, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
² Pathology Department, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Neurosurgery Department, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26100159
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.04.006

Abstract

We present a man, with a complex medical and surgical history, who had a large pelvic non-appendiceal cystadenoma, presenting as a cystic sacral mass causing obstructive urinary symptoms and renal failure. Mucocele should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with large sacral masses, and who have a significant history of pelvic and abdominal surgery and inflammatory bowel disease.

Keywords: Complication; Crohn’s disease; Mucinous cystadenoma; Sacrum; Spine; Surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Comorbidity
Crohn Disease / epidemiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mucocele / epidemiology
Mucocele / pathology*
Pelvis
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / epidemiology
Sacrum / pathology*