Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst

Malignant transformation in tailgut cysts (TGCs) is extremely rare, with no reports of transitional cell carcinoma arising in them in the UK literature. Here, we discuss a case of a patient with a malignant TGC encapsulating the rectum. This case report highlights the pathological and diagnostic con...

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Autores principales: Sheikh, Adnan A., Rotimi, Olorundi, Jacob, Deepa, Hyland, Racheal, Sagar, Peter M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26217002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv085
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author Sheikh, Adnan A.
Rotimi, Olorundi
Jacob, Deepa
Hyland, Racheal
Sagar, Peter M.
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description Malignant transformation in tailgut cysts (TGCs) is extremely rare, with no reports of transitional cell carcinoma arising in them in the UK literature. Here, we discuss a case of a patient with a malignant TGC encapsulating the rectum. This case report highlights the pathological and diagnostic considerations and discusses its management.
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spelling pubmed-45158552015-08-06 Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst Sheikh, Adnan A. Rotimi, Olorundi Jacob, Deepa Hyland, Racheal Sagar, Peter M. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Malignant transformation in tailgut cysts (TGCs) is extremely rare, with no reports of transitional cell carcinoma arising in them in the UK literature. Here, we discuss a case of a patient with a malignant TGC encapsulating the rectum. This case report highlights the pathological and diagnostic considerations and discusses its management. Oxford University Press 2015-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4515855/ /pubmed/26217002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv085 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Sheikh, Adnan A.
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Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
title Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
title_full Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
title_fullStr Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
title_full_unstemmed Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
title_short Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
title_sort transitional cell carcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26217002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv085
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