Abstract
Extragonadal teratoma is generally located all along the midline. They are found in decreasing incidence in the sacrococcygeal region (40%), pineal region (13.3%), cervical (13.1%), palatine and nasopharyngeal region (8%), heart (7.5%), stomach (2.6%), mediastinum (2.6%), orbits (2.4%), face (1.5%), placenta (1.5%), and other very rare locations (3%) [1]. Today with the improvement of ultrasounds (US), the diagnosis is done prenatally. Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) although the commonest germ-cell tumor in children is a rare fetal anomaly. The majority present at birth as an external sacral mass; however, some intrapelvic SCT may be unapparent. A final paragraph will treat of the 10% cervical teratoma concerning the neck, the nasopharynx and/or the oropharynx.
Keywords
- Sacrococcygeal teratoma
- Epidemiology
- Ultrasounds
- Fetal surgery
- Hydrops fetalis
- Cleft lip and palate
- Currarino
- Limb anomalies
- Vascular disruption
- Alfa-fetoprotein
- HCG
- Prenatal diagnosis
- Stem cells
- Germ-cell tumors
- Malignancy
- Fetus in fetu
- Cesarean section
- EXIT
- Complications
- Bowel function
- Soiling
- Constipation
- Urinary incontinence
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Reinberg, O. (2019). Teratoma: Sacrococcygeal and Cervical. In: Lima, M., Reinberg, O. (eds) Neonatal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93534-8_39
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