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Surgical excision followed by histological examination is the gold standard of treatment, but access and approach to tailgut cysts depend on the location and morphology of the lesion. We present two symptomatic cases of this very rare pathology. In both cases, the cyst and coccyx bone were successfully excised using different approaches. The first patient was a 40-year-old woman with a large cyst which caused morning tenesmus, urinary outflow disorders and painful ovulation. Due to the cyst size, laparotomy was performed, and a combined approach was used. The second patient is a 36-year-old woman with co-existing endometriosis and a cyst causing pain in the sacral spine, constipation and tenesmus. The tumor was excised using a Kraske approach, and due to the infiltration of the coccyx bone it was removed using an osteotome. In this patient, perforation of the cyst was also observed. Both patients completed follow-ups involving regular surgical check-ups and MRI scans. 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