The management of presacral masses in the adult

Techniques in Coloproctology - Tập 6 - Trang 43-49 - 2014
A. Wolpert1, M. Beer-Gabel1, O. Lifschitz2, A. P. Zbar2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot Israel, IL
2Department of Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, 76100 Rehovot, Israel. [email protected], IL

Tóm tắt

Presacral (retrorectal) tumors are particularly rare in the adult. There is difficulty in the performance of diagnostic biopsy, and specialized imaging is required to plan surgical extirpation. This review assesses their incidence and classification as well as the principles involved in their diagnosis and surgical management.