Sacrococcygeal Teratoma - An Interesting Case and Infrequently seen Extension in Spinal Cord

Sharma, Deepak; Murki, Srinivas; Pratap, Tejo

doi:10.4172/2167-0897.1000255

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“…There was scrotal skin thickening with hydrocele and anal opening was present in the center of the mass. There was differential edema with only right lower limb having pitting edema [15]. Rattan et al discovered many children with irregular mass with variable consistency in the sacrococcygeal, the size of the mass varied from 3 to 30 cm.…”

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Sacro-coccygeal Teratoma in a Child of 6 Months: A Case Report

Frederic¹,

Paul²,

Essola³

et al. 2019

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Sacro-coccygeal teratoma (SCT) is a type of tumor which mostly occurs in newborn babies. The vast majority of this type of tumor is benign. That pathology can be diagnosed antenatally or at birth. Teratomas, especially those diagnosed in the neonatal period, occur most frequently in the sacrococcygeal region. Clinically in many cases, we can observe a large swelling (mass) in the sacrococcygeal region. In some cases, there are signs of compression following by the displacement of the rectum and pelvic organs. Alphafetoprotein is the main biological test used. In association morphologically by echography, CT-scan, MRI and others, the tumor is classified. The classification used is the topographical one of TSCs, which was proposed by Altman to the American Academy of Pediatric Surgery. The mainstay of therapy is the complete surgical removal. We present a case of a newborn (6 months), female, with teratoma sacro-coccygeal. At birth the baby was noticed to have large swelling (mass), without any sign of compression of others organs. Clinical and paraclinical signs permitted us to conclude of a SCT type II of Altman's classification. A surgery was performed with a sacral approach. Histologically, tumors were classified into good (mature) category.

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Sacro-coccygeal Teratoma in a Child of 6 Months: A Case Report

Frederic¹,

Paul²,

Essola³

et al. 2019

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“…The spinal cord involvement of SCT is rare and management involves resection and close follow up. 10 Differential diagnosis that could be distinguished by MRI, ultrasound and histopathology includes neuroblastoma, extraspinal ependymoma, ependymoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and terminal myelocystocele. 11,12 Treatments of sacrococcygeal teratoma that have spinal extension consist of excision of the tumor then follow up.…”

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