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A case of type III cystic sacrococcygeal teratoma.
- Source :
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Pediatric neurosurgery [Pediatr Neurosurg] 2006; Vol. 42 (4), pp. 234-6. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- We report a rare case of congenital type III cystic teratoma that may be falsely diagnosed as an anterior sacral meningocele. A female newborn baby presented with a long, white-colored 4 x 1 cm coccygeal cyst posterior to the anus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated that a 10 x 4 cm elliptical intrapelvic and -abdominal mass anterior to the sacrum and coccyx extended inferiorly to the retrorectal space. We intraoperatively found that the cyst consisted of a mostly thin, white wall, but also with small posterior narrow nodules. We suggest that all cysts in the sacrococcygeal area should be excluded from teratoma carefully, with MRI.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1016-2291
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pediatric neurosurgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16714864
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000092360