Major sacrococcygeal teratoma in an extreme premature infant: a multidisciplinary approach.
Antenatally diagnosed, large sacrococcygeal teratomas in very premature infants are associated with a very poor outcome. We present an extreme premature infant with cardiac decompensation, diagnosed at 27 weeks and 1 day of gestational age. A positive outcome could be achieved with intensive multidisciplinary planning of the delivery, postnatal stabilization and surgical resection, as demonstrated in this case report.
den Otter
S C M
SC
Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision Neonatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
de Mol
A C
AC
Eggink
A J
AJ
van Heijst
A F J
AF
de Bruijn
D
D
Wijnen
R M H
RM
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy