Author(s)

Masataka Takahashi, Toshihiko Watanabe, Kaori Sato, Michinobu Ohno, Koji Yamada, Toshiko Takezoe, Yasushi Fuchimoto, Hajime Ohkita, Kentaro Matsuoka, Yutaka Kanamori

Division of Pathology, Department of Pathology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Specialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Median Raphe Cyst; Perineum; Transitional Epithelium

Takahashi, M. , Watanabe, T. , Sato, K. , Ohno, M. , Yamada, K. , Takezoe, T. , Fuchimoto, Y. , Ohkita, H. , Matsuoka, K. and Kanamori, Y. (2013) Congenital median raphe cysts: Coexistence of cystic lesions and canal-like lesions. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 3, 274-275. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2013.33048.