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This study reviews the recent overall experience in one colorectal surgery department with congenital presacral tumors in adults. 24 patients greater than 21 years of age, who underwent curative resection between January 1980 and August 1992, were analyzed retrospectively. The growths were divided into two broad categories: developmental cysts and chordomas. The most common presenting symptom was pain (19/24). A preoperative evaluation regimen is outlined in the study and includes use of CT scanning, MRI imaging, and possibly the use of endoluminal ultrasound to document the relationship of presacral tumors to pelvic viscera. There were 20 developmental cysts and 4 chordomas treated in this series. 15 of 19 developmental cysts were excised by a posterior approach alone, 2 were excised by an anterior approach alone, and 3 were treated by a combined approach. Trans-sacral excision was carried out in 4 patients with developmental cysts. One chordoma was resected posteriorly and the other 3 through a combined anterior and posterior approach. Three recurrences were diagnosed after excision of developmental cysts at 8, 18, and 41 months postoperatively. Recurrence occurred in 3 of 4 chordoma patients after 25, 32, and 55 months. Reexcision was carried out in all patients. None of the developmental cyst cases developed a second recurrence but 2 of the 3 chordoma patients have recurred, but have undergone local irradiation, which has controlled their disease. A detailed surgical treatment plan is outlined in this article, emphasizing that total excision be the goal surgery, even if this requires a combined anterior and posterior approach. In cases of recurrence of both development cysts and chordoma, re-excision is a reasonable therapeutic option.
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Böhm, B., Milsom, J.W., Fazio, V.W. et al. Our approach to the management of congenital presacral tumors in adults. Int J Colorect Dis 8, 134–138 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341185
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