Fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma visualized by ultra-fast T2 weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
We report here a fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma found at 26 weeks of gestation. An ultra-fast T2 weighted imaging method enables the clear visualization of morphological details of the fetus without motion artifacts. Complete surgical resection was performed immediately after cesarean birth, and no evidence of tumor recurrence was confirmed at 1 year of age.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Okamura
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Kurauchi
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Itakura
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Naganawa
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Watanabe
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Mizutani
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography