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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2013; 23(02): 145-147
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.116571
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Giant sacrococcygeal teratoma embolization

Umberto G Rossi
Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Via Pio II 3, 20153 Milano
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Maurizio Cariati
Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Via Pio II 3, 20153 Milano
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Paolo Tomà
Departmant of Radiology, Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Roma
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Abstract

Resection of giant sacrococcygeal teratoma with high-vasculature in newborns can be a fatal procedure due to massive bleeding of the tumor. Endovascular embolization of the arteries that supply the tumor may lead to minimal blood loss. We present a case of giant high-vascular sacrococcygeal teratoma type-1 that was embolized in an infant born at 35 weeks gestation. This procedure lead to a safe, surgical resection with minimal bleeding: 12 ml.

Keywords

Angiography - embolization - MRI - newborn - sacrococcygeal teratoma


Publication History

Article published online:
04 October 2021

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