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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2018

Congenital Perirectal Dermoid Cyst: A Rare Cause of Complex, Recurrent Pediatric Fistula-in-ano.

Wesley E Barry, Grace E Asuelime, Shengmei Zhou, Jeffrey Hammoudeh, Henri R Ford, Eugene S Kim

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wesley E BarryDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Grace E AsuelimeDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Shengmei ZhouDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Jeffrey HammoudehDepartment of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Henri R FordDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Eugene S KimDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles · USUniversity of Southern California · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perianal abscess and fistula-in-ano are well-described in the pediatric population. They are most common in infants less than 1 year of age and often resolve with oral antibiotics; occasionally they require drainage or fistulotomy. The etiology is commonly associated with cryptoglandular obstruction and subsequent infection, however alternative diagnoses should be considered in cases of recurrent abscesses and fistulae that are refractory to standard treatments. In this report, we present the case of an 8-year-old boy with a complex, recurrent fistula-in-ano that resulted from a rare congenital perirectal dermoid cyst.

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anal fistuladermoid cystfistula-in-anoinfectionpediatric surgery

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PMID29868530
PMCPMC5964207
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