BACKGROUND Mature sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) are uncommon neoplasms comprised of mixed elements derived from the three germ cell layers. They attract attention because of their gross appearance and bizarre histology. AIM To demonstrate the clinical presentation and management of mature SCT in a neonate. PATIENT AND METHOD A case report of a neonate with mature SCT is hereby presented. ...

We report the case of a 49-year-old woman who presented a tailgut cyst lined by a variety of epithelium including squamous, columnar and transitional. Fortuitously a microscopic carcinoid tumor expressing immunohistochemically neuroendocrine markers was identified in the cystic wall. Tailgut cysts are congenital abnormalities located in the presacrococcygeal area occurring usually in adult pati...

BACKGROUND Congenital germ cell tumors are uncommon. The most common site of teratoma is in the sacrococcygeal region. Teratoma arising from the head and neck comprises less than 10% of reported cases and of these, nasopharyngeal lesions are rare. Teratomas are generally benign, and have a well recognized clinical and histopathological entity. We present a case of nasopharyngeal teratoma (NPT) ...

INTRODUCTION Sacrococcygeal teratoma is the most common solid neonatal tumour. The improvement in survival has meant that postoperative sequelae can be diagnosed and treated. The aim of this article is to evaluate the long-term outcomes of patients treated in our centre. MATERIAL AND METHODS Records of patients treated for a sacrococcygeal teratoma in our hospital from 1977 to 2014 were retro...

The bizarre structure of teratomatous tumors has long excited interest. Unlike other neoplasms, the teratomas are composed, characteristically, of more than a single type of cell and are related, histogenetically, to more than one of the three embryonic germ layers. The constituent elements of these tumors may be quite foreign to their site of origin in the body and, in their arrangement, tend ...

The predisposing factors for the development of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease (SPD) still remain undetermined. Here, we investigate the sacrococcygeal angle as a possible predisposing factor for the development of disease. Consecutive male patients admitted to our clinic with the diagnosis of SPD were included. Sex, age and BMI matched healthy controls without SPD were enrolled to the study....