Retrorectal dermoid cyst in a male adult: Case report

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Erden A., Üstüner E., Erden I., Kuzu M. A., Heper A.

Abdominal Imaging, vol.28, no.5, pp.725-727, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00261-002-0093-4
  • Journal Name: Abdominal Imaging
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.725-727
  • Keywords: dermoid cyst, retrorectal space, magnetic resonance imaging, developmental cyst
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We describe a 48-year-old male patient who presented with rectal fullness and pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomographic studies revealed a noncalcified, unilocular, cystic mass lesion with well-defined borders. On MRI nondependent fat spheres were detected inside the cyst. The same pattern has been described in dermoid cyst of the ovary. We suggest that this MRI pattern is specific to dermoid cysts.