Giant sacrococcygeal teratoma in twin pregnancy

Sacrococcygeal teratoma tumors are more frequent in infants alive. It is characterized by its benign histology in the majority of the cases diagnosed prenatally; it is necessary to follow narrow to prevent neonatal complications that can lead to urinary tract complications and fecal, high-output hea...

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Published inGinecologia y obstetricia de Mexico Vol. 82; no. 12; pp. 843 - 850
Main Authors Abascal-Saiz, Alejandra, De la Calle, María, Herrero, Beatriz, Rodríguez, Roberto, Antolín, Eugenia, Bertha, Jose Luis
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Mexico 01.12.2014
Subjects
Adult
Diseases in Twins - diagnosis
Diseases in Twins - surgery
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Twin
Sacrococcygeal Region
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery
Teratoma - diagnosis
Teratoma - surgery
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Summary:Sacrococcygeal teratoma tumors are more frequent in infants alive. It is characterized by its benign histology in the majority of the cases diagnosed prenatally; it is necessary to follow narrow to prevent neonatal complications that can lead to urinary tract complications and fecal, high-output heart failure, hydrops and, in extreme cases, the death of the fetus. Primigravidae 30 years old, with gestation twins, bicorial, biamniotic in the first trimester of pregnancy to one of the twins is diagnosed sacrococcygeus teratoma giant, with favorable monitoring in the maternal-fetal Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of La Paz in Madrid, and with postnatal resection surgery successful. We review the diagnostic procedures and treatment of this tumor in unique and twin gestations.
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ISSN:0300-9041