1. A Triton tumor mimicking sacrococcygeal teratoma.
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Sönmez, Kaan, Türkyılmaz, Zafer, Karabulut, Ramazan, Kapısız, Alparslan, Eser, Eylem Pınar, Memiş, Leyla, and Başaklar, A. Can
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SACROCOCCYGEAL region -- Tumors ,TERATOMA ,INFANT girls ,DIAGNOSTIC imaging ,CANCER histopathology ,NEUROFIBROMATOSIS ,NEWBORN infants ,PEDIATRIC surgery ,TUMORS in children - Abstract
Abstract: A newborn female infant delivered after a normal pregnancy was found to have a large sacrococcygeal mass. Imaging and laboratory studies suggested this was a sacrococcygeal teratoma. On the 16th day of age, the tumor was completely removed. Histopathologic examination of the tumor showed malignant Triton tumor (MTT). Thus, we describe a female newborn without a family history of neurofibromatosis with an MTT that mimics a sacrococcygeal teratoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a sacrococcygeal MTT detected in a neonate. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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