Anterior sacral meningomyelocele with sacrococcygeal teratoma.
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.
Bader
Ilyas
I
Department of Paediatrics Surgery, Childrens Hospital/PIMS, Islamabad.
Akhter
Nadeem
N
Haq
Anwar-ul
AU
Khattak
Javed
J
Abassi
Zaheer
Z
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