Currarino syndrome in an elderly man: Multimodality imaging findings

Abstract

Currarino syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the triad of anorectal anomalies, sacrococcygeal dysgenesis and presacral mass. Because of the anorectal anomalies, the extrinsic compression due to the presacral mass and neurologic deficits, patients usually present with gastrointestinal symptoms, most commonly chronic constipation. Most cases of Currarino syndromes are diagnosed in childhood, at birth or in the pre-birth period and, even if adult presentation has been reported in few sporadic case reports, the diagnosis in the late stages of life remains extremely rare. In this paper, we describe the imaging findings of an elderly man with a past medical history of megacolon surgically treated in his childhood, who was diagnosed with Currarino syndrome at the age of 72.

Keywords

• Currarino Syndrome
• Currarino triad
• Hirschsprung Disease
• presacral mass