Mature ruptured sacrococcygeal teratoma in a 1-day old neonate

• Main Authors: Boumediene ABOU-BEKR (Author), Salah Eddine Oussama KACIMI (Author), Omar RIFFI (Author), Chahrazed BOGHARI (Author), Selma Nihel KLOUCHE DJEDID (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCTs) are rare congenital tumors that are derived from embryonic germ cell layers [1]. They are the most common extragonadal germ cell tumors (GCTs) in the neonate, with a reported incidence of 1 in 35 000 births [2]. Teratomas are made of tissues that derive from three ger...