title: Prenatal diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratomas by two- and three-dimensional ultrasound.
abstract: We suspected two fetuses of having sacrococcygeal teratomas following initial two-dimensional ultrasound scanning at 18 and 22 weeks' gestation. The fetuses were then scanned with three-dimensional multiplanar surface and three-dimensional orthogonal planar ultrasound to establish a definitive diagnosis. Although we made a presumptive diagnosis in both cases after initial two-dimensional scanning, with three-dimensional ultrasound we were better able to define the degree of involvement of the sacrum and other pelvic structures of prognostic importance.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonilia-Musoles
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raga
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonilla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D011247:Pregnancy; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*