Management of preterm giant sacrococcygeal teratoma (GSCT) with an excellent outcome
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Management of preterm giant sacrococcygeal teratoma (GSCT) with an excellent outcome
Infants born with a giant sacrococcygeal teratoma (GSCT; >10 cm) have high mortality. Risk factors for mortality include increased tumor vascularity, high cardiac output, rapid growth, diagnosis before 20-week gestation, delivery before 30-week gestation, hydrops, low birth weight, Apgar less than 7 at 5 min and polyhydramnios. We present the case of a 28-week infant born with a GSCT (15 × 12 ×...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rju132