title: Major sacrococcygeal teratoma in an extreme premature infant: a multidisciplinary approach.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision Neonatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S C M
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: den Otter
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Mol
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Eggink
authors.forename: A F J
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: van Heijst
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Bruijn
authors.forename: R M H
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wijnen
mesh_terms: 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