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Squamous cell carcinoma arising in a sacrococcygeal tailgut cyst* * Work conducted at the Division of Surgery, Yenimahalle Education and Research Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey; Department Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract:

We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma originated from a sacrococcygeal tailgut cyst in a 73-year-old female patient. Tailgut cysts are generally multilocal and have a layer of either columnar, squamous or transitional epithelium, or a combination of these. This case was treated with surgical excision and radiotherapy. Cancer presentation of a congenital abnormality in old age is a rare entity. This report is the first case of squamous cell carcinoma developing in a tailgut cyst without any synchronization, as an isolated (pure) pathology.

Keywords:
Hamartoma; Radiotherapy, intensity-modulated; Sacrococcygeal region

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