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World J Surg Proced. Mar 28, 2015; 5(1): 127-136
Published online Mar 28, 2015. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v5.i1.127
Published online Mar 28, 2015. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v5.i1.127
Table 1 Classification of retrorectal tumors
| Source of origin | Histopathology | |
| Congenital or | Benign | Developmental cysts |
| developmental | Dermoid cysts | |
| Epidermoid cysts | ||
| Tail gut cysts | ||
| Enteric (rectal) duplication | ||
| Anterior sacral meningocele1 | ||
| Teratoma | ||
| Adrenal rest tumors | ||
| Malignant | Chordoma1 | |
| Teratocarcinoma | ||
| Inflammatory | Granulomas (foreign body, chronic) | |
| Perineal/pelvirectal abscess or fistula | ||
| Neurogenic | Benign | Neurofibroma |
| Neurolemmoma (schwannoma) | ||
| Ganglioneuroma | ||
| Malignant | Ependymoma | |
| Ganglioneuroblastoma | ||
| Neurofibrosarcoma | ||
| Osseous | Benign | Osteoma Sacral bone cyst |
| Osteoblastoma | ||
| Osteogenic sarcoma | ||
| Giant cell tumor | ||
| Malignant | Ewing's tumor | |
| Chondromyxosarcoma | ||
| Osteogenic sarcoma | ||
| Myeloma | ||
| Miscellaneous | Benign | Lipoma |
| Fibroma | ||
| Leiomyoma | ||
| Hemangioma | ||
| Endothelioma | ||
| Desmoid tumor | ||
| Lymphangioma | ||
| Ectopic kidney | ||
| Malignant | Fibrosarcoma | |
| Liposarcoma | ||
| Leiomyosarcoma | ||
| Metastatic disease |
- Citation: Uçar AD, Erkan N, Yıldırım M. Surgical treatment of retrorectal (presacral) tumors. World J Surg Proced 2015; 5(1): 127-136
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2832/full/v5/i1/127.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5412/wjsp.v5.i1.127