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. 1980 Mar;191(3):382–384. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198003000-00020

Benign sacrococcygeal teratomas in infants and children: a 25 year review.

S H Ein, S D Adeyemi, K Mancer
PMCID: PMC1344712  PMID: 7362303

Abstract

A review of 33 infants treated over 25 years for benign sacrococcygeal teratoma shows that this is predominantly a newborn tumour presenting mostly as an external mass and carrying an excellent prognosis provided surgical treatment is prompt and complete excision accomplished. Resectability was 100% in this series as is usually the case. This tumour must however, be differentiated from other masses presenting in the sacrococcygeal area by a careful histologic study since these other lesions generally require a different therapeutic approach.

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