Neonatal benign sacrococcygeal teratoma may recur in adulthood and give rise to malignancy: P. Lahdenne, M. Heikinheimo, V. Nikkanen, et al. Cancer 72:3727–3731, (December 15), 1993

Neonatal benign sacrococcygeal teratoma

Neonatal benign sacrococcygeal teratoma may recur in adulthood and give rise to malignancy

✍ Pekka Lahdenne; Markku Heikinheimo; Väinämö Nikkanen; Pekka Klemi; Martti A. Sii 📂 Article 📅 1993 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 532 KB

Background. The capacity of neonatal sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) to recur is a well-recognized phenomenon. However, only a few studies have reported recurrence of the tumors beyond childhood. Methods. A follow-up of patients for the detection of late recurrent SCT was performed in 45 patients, a