Pre-sacra Epidermoid cyst along with Cervical cancer: A case report

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1 Assistant professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

2 Assistant professor, Department of pathology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Resident, Depart of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: Pre-sacra Epidermoid cyst is a rare diagnosis in middle-aged women which is often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Pre-operative biopsy is not recommended and surgical resection is the best diagnostic and therapeutic modality. This article presents a case of pre-sacral epidermoid cyst which was discovered during the staging of cervical cancer.
Case presentation: The patient was a 47-year-old woman complaining of menometrorrhagia in May 2015. After gynecological examination and biopsy, squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix was diagnosed for her. CT scan and ultrasound for ruling out cervical cancer metastasis revealed a large cystic mass in pre-sacral area. The patient initially underwent hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Then, laparotomy was performed for resection of pre-sacral lesion in Mashhad Omid oncology hospital. Histopathological examination showed the diagnosis of pre-sacral epidermoid cyst.
Conclusion: Epidermoid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any asymptomatic pre-sacral cystic lesion in middle-aged women. Surgery is the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic method. The selection of surgery route depends on the size of the lesion and the surgeon's experience.

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