Published December 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Unusual perirenal location of a tailgut cyst

  • 1. Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The authors describe a case in which a tailgut cyst occurred at an unusual location in a 22-year-old woman referred for abdominal discomfort and urinary frequency. The left abdomen contained a palpable mass, found at imaging studies to be a homogeneous, unilocular and cystic, and anterior to the left kidney. After surgical excision, it was shown to be a tailgut cyst

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Korean Journal of Radiology
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 267-270
ISSN
1229-6929

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
34086930
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ABDOMEN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS; KIDNEYS; NMR IMAGING; PATIENTS; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; TOMOGRAPHY

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Notes
10 refs, 1 fig