title: Pediatric sacrococcygeal chordomas: a rare tumor to be differentiated from sacrococcygeal teratoma.
abstract: Sacrococcygeal chordoma is a rare pediatric neoplasm that may be confused with the more common, and indolent, teratoma. The present report describes the diagnosis, treatment and early postoperative convalescence of a case of chordoma in an adolescent child. This case is contrasted to the sacrococcygeal teratoma, a familial pediatric neoplasm, and the literature is reviewed with respect to presentation and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cable
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moir
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012447:Sacrum; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis*