title: Giant sacrococcygeal teratoma in an adult: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. dryamroka@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yam Bahadur
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Roka
authors.forename: Rabin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koirala
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajracharya
authors.forename: Surendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Sudeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khaniya
mesh_terms: 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