sacrococcygeal teratoma

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sa·cro·coc·cyg·e·al ter·a·to·ma

found in the region of the coccyx and rectum (embryonic location of the caudal eminence). Most common tumor in newborn infants.

sa·cro·coc·cyg·e·al ter·a·to·ma

(sākrō-kok-sijē-ăl teră-tōmă)
A germ cell tumor that forms in the region of the caudal eminence; it is the most common tumor in neonates; most affected newborns are girls.

Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT)

A tumor occurring at the base of the fetus's tailbone.
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Complications with massive sacrococcygeal tumor resection on a premature neonate.
Altman type 3 sacrococcygeal teratoma resection in a neonate-an anaesthetic challenge
In that case, any sacrococcygeal tumor may compress upon fourth sacral roots also, leading to neurological involvement of the bladder and rectum also.
Lumbarisation of the First Sacral Vertebra a Rare Form of Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra/ Lumbarizacion de la Primera Vertebra Sacra: Rara Forma de Una Vertebra de Transicion Lumbosacral
Although pelvic and/or retroperitoneal extension of a sacrococcygeal tumor is not unusual, an exclusively retroperitoneal or abdominal location is uncommon, comprising less than 5% of all EGCTs.
Microscopic Tumor Extension (applicable to sacrococcygeal tumors only)
Protocol for the examination of specimens from pediatric and adult patients with extragonadal germ cell tumors
Sacrococcygeal tumor more common in fifth and sixth decade whereas in speno-occipital in children and adolescent.
(10) It is commonly present after the age of thirty, the sacrococcygeal tumors are more common in the fifth and sixth decades of life, but distinctly uncommon in patients younger than twenty years of age, the tumors in this age group tend to occur in the base of the skull and the cervical spine.
Sacrococcygeal chordoma diagnosed by FNAC: a rare case report
McCune, "Management of sacrococcygeal tumors," Annals of Surgery, vol.
Recurrent retrorectal teratoma

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