title: Mature sacrococcygeal teratoma containing the lower half of a human body.
abstract: Twins were diagnosed by ultrasound in a 29-year-old woman. The cesarean delivery revealed at first a mature girl with a large benign sacrococcygeal teratoma and then a healthy boy. X-ray and CT examinations of the teratoma showed pelvic and lower limb bones. A mature teratoma-tridermoma (weight 475 g) containing the underdeveloped lower half of a human body was confirmed during surgery and verified morphologically. The fraternal twins, i.e., the girl operated upon and her brother, have been followed for 5 years and are without any complaints. They have normal neurological function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parízek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nĕmecek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pospísilová
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Procházková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nĕmecková
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cernoch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zizka
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003050:Coccyx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery