Giant sacrococcygeal teratoma in an adult: case report.
Congenital sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common germ cell tumour of infancy and childhood. Authors report a case of 18-year-old female with progressively enlarging sacral mass since birth. MRI showed a solid-cystic mass with no involvement of surrounding structures and it was excised completely by the post-anal route.
Roka
Yam Bahadur
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Neurological Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. dryamroka@yahoo.com
Koirala
Rabin
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Bajracharya
Amir
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Shah
Surendra
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Khaniya
Sudeep
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome