PRESACRAL EPIDERMAL CYST - A REPORT OF AN ADULT CASE

A 46-year-old woman was found to have a giant cyst behind the uterus d uring preoperative examinations of an uterine myoma. Pelvic and digita l examinations revealed an oval, palpable mass behind the uterus with no mucosal lesions on the rectal wall. Ultrasonography and computed to mography showed an uterine myoma with a cystic change and art oval mas s behind the uterus, which compressed the rectum to the left side. The patient underwent hysterectomy and tumor resection via laparotomy. Th e tumor was found to be located in the presacral space. Histological e xamination showed a cyst lined by keratinized squamous epithelium with no cutaneous adnexal structures and subsequently, the tumor was diagn osed as an epidermal cyst.