We describe the endorectal sonographic and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of a hidrocystoma of the rectal wall, a tumor that arises in sweat glands and may occur in a perianal location. To our knowledge, occurrence in the rectum has not been reported previously. The unusual appearance of a solid lesion with a central fluid-filled cavity may suggest the diagnosis of a hidrocystoma.
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J Ultrasound Med
August 2002
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
We describe the endorectal sonographic and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of a hidrocystoma of the rectal wall, a tumor that arises in sweat glands and may occur in a perianal location. To our knowledge, occurrence in the rectum has not been reported previously. The unusual appearance of a solid lesion with a central fluid-filled cavity may suggest the diagnosis of a hidrocystoma.
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