Sacrococcygeal teratoma: case report

We present a male newborn child with a sacrococcygeal mass who was sent to clinic 46 of the Mexican Social Security Institute located in Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico for pediatric/neonatal surgical resolution. The mass was detected on gestation week 24 in the sacrococcygeal area and was initially interpreted as a myelomeningocele. On gestation week 32, the mass had grown, so the diagnosis of cystic hygroma was posed. The child was born at 38 weeks of gestational age with a large tumor in the sacrococcygeal area. Images were obtained, and tumor resection was performed without complications. Pathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and there were no further complications.