TITLE:
Congenital median raphe cysts: Coexistence of cystic lesions and canal-like lesions
AUTHORS:
Masataka Takahashi, Toshihiko Watanabe, Kaori Sato, Michinobu Ohno, Koji Yamada, Toshiko Takezoe, Yasushi Fuchimoto, Hajime Ohkita, Kentaro Matsuoka, Yutaka Kanamori
KEYWORDS:
Median Raphe Cyst; Perineum; Transitional Epithelium
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.3 No.3,
August
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Median raphe cyst of the perineum is a rare congenital
anomaly and was first reported in 1895. We report a 9-year-old male with median
raphe cysts in the perineum which had become swollen and then spontaneously
ruptured several times since he was 3 years old. There were two separate lesions;
one was a cystic lesion and the other was a
canal-like lesion. They were completely excised and the inner layer of
the cysts was composed of transitional epithelium.