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We report a case of retrorectal neuroendocrine carcinoma in a 68-year-old male. This malignant tumor was associated with cystic structures with a variety of epithelial linings, including squamous, ciliated, columnar, and transitional, consistent with a tailgut cyst. To the best of our knowledge this is only the second such tumor reported in the literature.
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Mourra, N., Caplin, S., Parc, R. et al. Presacral Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Developed in a Tailgut Cyst. Dis Colon Rectum 46, 411–413 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-004-6564-7
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