As part of this study, we identified 19 sacrococcygeal teratomas in our surgical pathology archives from 1990 to 2012. Clinical records and slides were reviewed to confirm the original diagnosis.

Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is a common congenital neoplasm, contains derivatives of more than one of the three embryonic germ cell layers. However, malignant Sacrococcygeal Yolk Sac tumor (YST) is ...

Background Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is a rare extragonadal germ cell tumour that is mostly diagnosed during infancy and early childhood. This study aims to report our experience in management of ...

ABSTRACT. Introduction: sacrococcygeal teratoma (TSC) is the most common tumor of the neonatal period.Alphafetoprotein is an important tumor marker and is used in the follow-up period as a marker of ...

Sacrococcygeal teratoma tumors are among the most common in infants, affecting at least 1 in every 35,000 to 40,000 births, according to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia . Quotes from rare ...

Teratomas are germ cell tumours composed of multiple types of cells derived from more than a single germ cell layer. The most common site of an extragonadal teratoma is the sacrococcygeal region. We ...

A teratoma is a type of tumor. Learn more about what causes it, what to expect, and more. Skip to main content . ... Sacrococcygeal teratomas develop before birth on the tailbone.

Doctors diagnosed the couple's unborn baby girl with a sacrococcygeal teratoma, a one-in-27,000 tumor that forms during pregnancy in the baby's tailbone. Mrs Tyler, 23, said: 'I was very scared.

Haemorrhage of a sacrococcygeal teratoma is a known entity, but we are not aware of a previous report of massive intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to a teratoma, immediately after birth. This case ...

When Kristin Tyler went in for a routine ultrasound 20 weeks into her second pregnancy, she said she was not prepared to learn her baby had a rare condition.. She said doctors discovered a ...