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Mucus-secreting presacral cyst

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A mucus-secreting presarcal cyst was found in a 49-year-old woman who complained of dysuria. A routine rectal digital examination revealed a retrorectal mass. Diagnostic imaging demonstrated a large presacral cystic tumor. The cyst was removed through a transsacral approach. Histologically, the cyst membrane consisted of squamous and columnar mucus-secreting epithelium, and was diagnosed as a mucus-secreting presacral cyst.

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  1. The Second Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852, Nagasaki City, Japan

    Yoshitsugu Tajima MD, Tsutomu Tomioka, Nobuo Mochinaga, Tsukasa Tsunoda, Noboru Harada & Ryoichi Tsuchiya

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Tajima, Y., Tomioka, T., Mochinaga, N. et al. Mucus-secreting presacral cyst. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 16, 231–234 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471098

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