title: Fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma.
abstract: Advances in prenatal diagnosis including improvements in ultrasonography have revealed the natural history of fetal sacrococcygeal teratomas, and this natural history differs substantially from that for postnatally diagnosed sacrococcygeal teratoma. A fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma may lead to perinatal morbidity and mortality by a variety of mechanisms. Adverse clinical sequelae of a sacrococcygeal teratoma can be prevented by accurate prenatal assessment and appropriate obstetrical and perinatal management. Development of fetal hydrops and/or placentomegaly predicts fetal demise. Fetal surgical intervention has proven successful in highly selected cases.
authors.affiliation: The Fetal Treatment Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Room HSW 1601, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Joy L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Craig T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Albanese
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal