Aim and Objectives: The aim is to study the clinical presentation, malignant potential of teratomas and their management in pediatric age group. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study done in 52 cases of teratomas in children . All the cases were evaluated clinically, investigated , treated and were on regular follow up. Results: In our series 52 cases of teratomas were studied re...

Sacrococcygeal teratomas are extremely rare in adults. We present an adult female with a sacrococcygeal teratoma managed in our hospital.

background: teratomas arise from three germ cell layers, the ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm 1, 2 , and have several degrees of differentiation. we report our experience with teratomas at a tertiary pediatric surgery center.   patients and methods: the hospital records of all patients with the pathological diagnosis of teratoma treated during 10 years between 2004 and 2014 were reviewed and the...

teratomas are emberyonal neoplasms derived from totipotential cells that contain tissue from at least two and more often three germ layers (ectoderm, enoderm and mesoderm) in the midline or paraxial location from brain to sacrococcygeal region. the primary objective of this study is to determine this rather common newborn and children teratomas in different areas of the body. the secondary obje...

Most sacrococcygeal teratomas present between the 22nd and the 34th week of gestation. The diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratoma on routine antenatal sonograms is associated with a greater than expected incidence of prenatal and perinatal complications. We report a premature baby with intrauterine spontaneous rupture of giant sacrococcygeal teratoma which was managed successfully.

Williams, A. Olufemi, Lagundoye, S. B., and Bankole, M. A. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 110. Sacrococcygeal teratoma in Nigerian children. Two-thirds of all teratomas seen in 31 Nigerian children at Ibadan were situated in the sacrococcygeal region. About one-quarter of all the sacrococcygeal teratomas were malignant as shown on radiological and pathological examinations. The m...

Teratomas are tumors containing tissues derived from all three germinal cell layers. Most teratomas arise in the sacrococcygeal region, with a reported incidence of 1/40,000 births. During labor, severe dystocia may occur in infants with large tumors if delivered vaginally, with an extremely high fetal morbidity and mortality rate. Reported is a case of a large congenital sacrococcygeal teratom...

INTRODUCTION Teratomas of the sacrococcygeal area are usually diagnosed in infancy and are rarely seen in adults. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 36-year-old Greek woman experiencing chronic constipation due to a benign presacral teratoma. Imaging examinations showed a pelvic mass without evidence of malignancy. An ovoid tumour with a maximum dimension of 6 cm was surgically removed...