RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Adult sacrococcygeal teratomas
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 367
OP 369
VO 25
IS 3
A1 Abdul-Aziz Al-Essa
A1 Tauqeer A. Malik
A1 Mohammad K. Baghdadi
A1 Ali A. El Tayeb
YR 2004
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/25/3/367.abstract
AB Sacrococcygeal SCT teratoma are rare in adults with an incidence of 1:87,000 and a female to male ratio of 10:1. Most of SCT are cystic and benign. Our patient was born with this mass that increased in size as she grew older. Being a precious child she was kept away from seeking medical advice by her parents. Initial work up included plain x-ray pelvis, computerized tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging. At operation the mass was seen arising from sacrococcygeal region. It was excised completely along with coccyx. Pathologically, the specimen contained differentiated tissue from all 3 germ layers.