Presacral space
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| Sacral plexus of the right side. (Presacral space visible but not labeled.) |
In human anatomy, the presacral space is inside the pelvis, behind the rectum and in front of the coccyx and sacrum. Normally it is empty, or it contains a pocket of fat.
It is usually covered by sigmoid colon.[1]
[edit] Clinical significance
The presacral space may contain one of several kinds of tumor. The most common tumor here is sacrococcygeal teratoma. Others are retrorectal hamartoma (tailgut cyst), schwannoma, ganglioneuroma, and ependymoma. Also sometimes found here is an anterior meningocele, a relatively mild form of neural tube defect.
[edit] References
- ^ Linda Cardozo; David Staskin (2006). Textbook of female urology and urogynecology. CRC Press. pp. 1195–. ISBN 9781841843582. http://books.google.com/books?id=9KuCMWWG8BcC&pg=PA1195. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
[edit] External links
- pelvis at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (malepelvissagittalmidlinestruct)
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