title: Giant sacro-coccygeal teratoma. Case report.
abstract: A case is presented, of a giant teratoma in the sacro-coccygeal region, in a two-year old child. Surgery was performed in two successive stages, one month apart, under CT-scan control. Exeresis of the teratoma was complete. The authors stress the very large volume of the tumor, that extended in the pre-sacral area, and the fact that complete exeresis was mandatory. Eight months after surgery the postoperative evolution was satisfactory. The importance of CT-scans for the postoperative control is stressed, in cases of teratomas extending in the pre-sacral retroperitoneal area.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurosurgery, Bucharest.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arseni
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ciurea
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003050:Coccyx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed