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tailgut cyst
Monday 5 October 2020
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Gross
2 - 12 cm (mean 9.5 cm) multilocular cyst
Microscopy
multilocular cyst with squamous, mucinous, simple, pseudostratifed ciliated or transitional lining
may contain bundles of smooth muscle in cyst wall
meningeal tissue, thyroid tissue and glomus bodies have also been reported
Differential diagnosis
anal gland cyst
duplication cyst
epidermal cyst
sacral meningocele
teratoma / dermoid cyst
See also
anal cysts