Definition : Anal gland/duct cyst (AGC) is rare and observed in only 0.05% of patients undergoing anal surgery. AGC is thought to be a retention cyst in the anal gland and arises when an obstruction of the anal duct causes fluid collection in the anal gland.
Open references
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392575/
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Adj. anal - Anal canal
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anal gland cyst
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anal anomalies
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tailgut cyst
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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
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anal (...) -
anal cysts
5 Octoberperianal cysts
Examples
tailgut cyst
anal gland cyst
duplication cyst
epidermal cyst
sacral meningocele
cystic teratoma / dermoid cyst
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anal anomalies
cysts -
anal cytology
10 November 2019See also
anal pathology
cytology -
anat tumors
10 November 2019Examples
anal epithelial tumors HPV-associated anal epithelial tumors -
anal Paget disease
7 October 2019PO
Digital cases
JRC:10822 : Extramammary Paget disease.
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mammary Paget disease
extramammary Paget disease urthral Paget disease vulvar Paget disease anal / perianal Paget disease
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cutaneous diseases
cutaneous tumors -
anal pathology
8 May 2018Pathology : anal pathology
anal malformations
anal anomalies
anal lesional syndromes
anal diseases
anal tumors
congenital defects
Infectious diseases
Inflammatory diseases Crohn disease fissure fistula granuloma inguinale HIV lymphogranuloma venereum lymphoid polyp syphilis ulcer ulcerative colitis
Benign anomalies / non-neoplastic lesions granular cell tumor hemorrhoids hypertrophic HSV hypertrophied papillae Hirschsprung inflammatory cloacogenic polyp internal anal (...) -
anal gland adenocarcinoma
27 June 2017anal gland carcinoma
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anal glands
anal carcinomas
Images
Anal duct/gland carcinoma with CK7 staining. Note overlying surface squamous mucosa and lack of in situ component. https://twitter.com/ARP_Press/status/879474374411264001 -
anal transitional epithelium
14 June 2017Images
Comparison of anal transitional epithelium and high grade dysplasia/anal epithelial neoplasia https://twitter.com/ARP_Press/status/873710457453989889