An Unusual Perineal Swelling: A Cyst Between the Sphincters

Epidermal cysts are very common lesions. Here we present the unusual case of an epidermal cyst occurring between the anal sphincters, presenting as a lump in the perineum. This was successfully excised with careful dissection of the intersphincteric plane. To our knowledge this is the only case of i...

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Autores principales: Lake, ES, Engledow, AH, Cohen, CRG
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
Materias:
Colorectal Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.9.2
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description Epidermal cysts are very common lesions. Here we present the unusual case of an epidermal cyst occurring between the anal sphincters, presenting as a lump in the perineum. This was successfully excised with careful dissection of the intersphincteric plane. To our knowledge this is the only case of its kind reported in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-36491722013-05-14 An Unusual Perineal Swelling: A Cyst Between the Sphincters Lake, ES Engledow, AH Cohen, CRG J Surg Case Rep Colorectal Surgery Epidermal cysts are very common lesions. Here we present the unusual case of an epidermal cyst occurring between the anal sphincters, presenting as a lump in the perineum. This was successfully excised with careful dissection of the intersphincteric plane. To our knowledge this is the only case of its kind reported in the literature. JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3649172/ /pubmed/24946354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.9.2 Text en © JSCR
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title_short An Unusual Perineal Swelling: A Cyst Between the Sphincters
title_sort unusual perineal swelling: a cyst between the sphincters
topic Colorectal Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649172/
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