• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 2001

    Case Reports

    Presacral tumor associated with the Currarino triad in an adolescent.

    • T Horii, H Tsuchiya, and K Tomita.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. seikei@kenroku.ipc.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2001 Jan 1; 121 (1-2): 114-6.

    AbstractA 17-year-old woman presented with pain over the sacral region. Plain radiographs of the sacrum demonstrated a bony deformity of the sacrococcygeal region in the shape of a scimitar. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a cystic mass of the presacral region which appeared to be continuous with the dural sac. An anteroposterior view myelogram revealed caudal elongation of the dural sac, and on the lateral view it was recognized as an anterior meningocele. At surgery, we confirmed a connection between the presacral mass and the rectum. In light of the combination of a sacral bony deformity, presacral mass including meningocele, and mass-rectum connection, we made the diagnosis of the Currarino triad, which is a rare complex of congenital caudal anomalies. The patient underwent excision of the presacral mass. Histologic examination of the resected specimen revealed features of an epidermoid cyst.

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