Benign sacrococcygeal teratomas in infants and children: a 25 year review.
A review of 33 infants treated over 25 years for benign sacrococcygeal teratoma shows that this is predominantly a newborn tumour presenting mostly as an external mass and carrying an excellent prognosis provided surgical treatment is prompt and complete excision accomplished. Resectability was 100% in this series as is usually the case. This tumour must however, be differentiated from other masses presenting in the sacrococcygeal area by a careful histologic study since these other lesions generally require a different therapeutic approach.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*