title: Anterior sacral meningomyelocele with sacrococcygeal teratoma.
abstract: Anterior sacral meningocoele with sacrococcygeal teratoma is a rare entity. The cystic mass arising from anterior sacral and coccygeal defect, lies in the retrorectal space between the rectum and sacrum. It produces a variety of symptoms depending on its size and contents and constitutes a diagnostic problem. Such a rare association of two pathologies is presented, with review of literature, in an infant who had an anterior meningocoele with sacrococcygeal teratoma. Both the pathologies were surgically corrected individually, about a month apart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics Surgery, Childrens Hospital/PIMS, Islamabad.
authors.forename: Ilyas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.forename: Nadeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akhter
authors.forename: Anwar-ul
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Khattak
authors.forename: Zaheer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abassi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery