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Aballa N, Ghannane H, Oulad Saiad M. A Rare Case of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma With Medullar Invasion. Iran J Neurosurg 2020; 6 (4) :229-232
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A Rare Case of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma With Medullar Invasion
Najoua Aballa1 , Houssine Ghannane1 , Mohamed Oulad Saiad * 2
1- Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Mother and Child Hospital, Mohammed VI Teaching Hospital, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, Morocco.
2- Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Mother and Child Hospital, Mohammed VI Teaching Hospital, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, Morocco. , mouladsaiad@gmail.com
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Background and Importance: Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT) with medular invasion is rare.
Case Presentation: We report a case of an 11-month male infant, with no prenatal history of any abnormality, presenting since birth, a mass in the buttock extended to retrorectum associated with a right side hypotonic limb and monoplegia. Medullar and abdominal pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed a sacrococcygeal tissue mass and intradural lumbosacral invasion with a high level of alpha-fetoprotein. Surgical excision was done successfully with an uneventful follow-up.
Conclusion: Despite of the intradural invasion, those SCT are in major cases mature and present low risk of malignancy or recurrence.
 
Keywords: Sacrococcygeal teratoma, Medular invasion, Neurological deficit, Alpha-fetoprotein, Malignancy
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