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31 cases of sacrococcygeal teratoma from the children's hospital of ziirich and 25 cases from the children's hospital of tehran are evaluated and compared. in seven cases the tumors were organized. they contained parts of organs or rudimentary extremities. according to general experience the malignancy of tumors is higher in children who are operated on after their second to fourth mo...

BACKGROUND Excision of the pit of the sinus with phenolisation of the sinus tract and surgical excision are two treatment modalities for patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease. Phenolisation seems to have advantages over local sinus excision as it is performed under local anaesthesia with a relatively small surgical procedure, less postoperative pain, minor risk of surgical site i...

AIM To analyse the outcome of neonatal sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) in our setup. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hospital records of 10 neonates, who were operated for SCT during 14 years time period, were retrieved and analysed. Letters were sent to 6 parents/ caretakers of children who were lost to follow up; none of them responded. RESULTS Seven girls and 3 boys with a mean age of 9 days (range...

AIM Sacrococcygeal region giant tumors are a challenge for neurosurgeons. The purpose of this paper was to retrospectively analyze the clinical records of sacrococcygeal region giant tumors treated surgically by balloon occlusion of the abdominal aorta. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 130 patients of sacral region tumors underwent surgery in our department from February 2009 to February 2013....

We report a case of myxopapillary ependymoma presenting as a primary tumor of the subcutaneous tissue in the sacrococcygeal region. The mass was large, well-encapsulated, lobulated, and multiseptated, with varying signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted MR images caused by hemorrhagic necrosis, blood degradation products, and calcification. Only a small viable portion enhanced after administrat...