Coccygectomy a novel and definitive approach to surgical treatment of a tailgut cyst

Abstract

Coccygectomy is a simple and safe procedure often used to treat coccydynia. Here we describe this unique approach to access a rare case of tailgut cyst presenting as a phlegmonous pelvic mass fistulized to the sacrum and multiple pelvic organs and complicated by pelvic actinomycosis.

Keywords

• Coccygectomy
• Pelvic fistula
• Tailgut cyst
• Actinomycosis
• Presacral mass