Table 1.

Reports of tailgut cysts in children

Reference	Age	Sex	Largest dimension (s) (cm)	Presenting features
Raven	2 months	Female	5	Intestinal obstruction
Hjermstad and Helwig	Neonate	Male	–	Prolapsing rectal lesion
Hjermstad and Helwig	Neonate	Female	–
Rafindadi et al.	Neonate	Male	25×20	Cystic gluteal mass
Oh et al.	Neonate	Female	9	Prenatal US at 36 weeks gestation showed a sacrococcygeal mass
Al-Khuzaie et al.	Neonate	Female	10×8	Cystic gluteal mass
Sung et al.	12 years	Male	4×3	Recurrent abdominal pain and vomiting
Antao et al.	14 weeks	Male	1.3×0.7	Incidental finding on US scan in a neonate with anal stenosis
Podberesky et al.	2 years	Female	2.6×1.2	Incidental finding on MRI scan for sacral vascular malformation
Jang et al.	14 years	Male	5×3	Acute abdominal pain and dysuria
Galluzzo et al.	12 years	Female	12×11	Lumbar pain
Kim and Park	Neonate	Female	2.3×1.2	Subcutaneous mobile postanal mass
Nakagawa et al.	Neonate	Female	10.2×9.3	Prenatal US at 23 weeks’ gestation showed a presacral cyst
Peter et al.	19 months	Male	–	Large perianal swelling since birth
Garcia-Palacios et al.	8 years	Female	–	Postanal retrorectal mass and constipation
Chung et al.	Neonate	Female	5×4	Prenatal US at 25 week’s gestation showed a presacral cyst
Hansen and Qvist	4.5 years	Female	Not stated	Rectal prolapse (with a presacral mass)
Raisolsadat et al.	Neonate	Female	4×3	At posterior sagittal anorectoplasty for imperforate anus
Nadeem Haidar	14 months	Female	6.3×4.4	Abdominal distension, urinary retention, renal failure
Nadeem Haidar	7 months	Male	5.7×4.3	Cystic gluteal mass
Current case	4 years	Male	5.9×5	Vague lower abdominal pain

US: Ultrasound, MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging