Case Report
Sacrococcygeal teratoma seen and treated late: About a case and review of literature
Author(s): Mamadou Madiou Barry*, Ndoye O, Mebouinz FN, Keita B, Toure MA, Fall M, Barry TS, Ndour O and Ngom G
Objective: The sacrococcygian teratoma is a germ tumor containing tissues from rare embryonic leaflets, observed most often in neonatal period and rarely in children. We report a case seen and treated late.
Case: We report an observation of an 8-year-old girl, with no pathological history, received in an acute urine retention table pelvic pain, a voluminous sacred swelling of progressive installation without neurological deficit. The CT scan showed a large pelvic projection sacral mass in favour of a TSC. The serum AFP assay was normal. A monobloc exeresis of the tumor, the intraoperative aspect was that of a mixed tumor with fluid component with viscous content. The histological study showed that it was a teratoma.
Conclusion: If the tumor is purely liquidian or predominantly liquidian poses few problems of manage men.. Read More»
DOI:
10.14534/j-pucr.2022.284