Twin newborn with type I sacrococcygeal teratoma. A case report

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newborn twin, sacrococcygeal teratoma

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Introduction: sacrococcygeal teratoma is a tumor located at the base of the coccyx and is infrequent in pediatric age. Case report: male newborn, second twin, who was sent to the Dr. Antonio María Béguez César Pediatric Hospital in Santiago de Cuba for neonatal surgery due to the presence of a tumor mass in the sacrococcygeal region, which was detected at 29.3 weeks of gestation and identified as a probable teratoma. Te patient was born by caesarean section at 37.5 weeks and after imaging studies the tumor was resected without complications. Conclusions: the histopathological study confirmed the diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratoma. The evolution of the patient was favorable after surgery.

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Pablo Antonio Hernández Dinza, Hospital Pediátrico Docente Sur “Antonio María Béguez César”

Especialista de I Grado en Pediatría. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Diplomado en Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba.

Manuel Alfonso Carrazana Araujo, Hospital Pediátrico Docente Sur “Antonio María Béguez César”

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía Pediátrica.

Cecilia de la Caridad Ramos Camacho, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Juan Bruno Zayas"

Especialista de I Grado en Neonatología. Máster en Atención Integral al niño.

Marlenes Rosell Días, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Juan Bruno Zayas"

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral. Especialista de I Grado en Neonatología. Máster en Atención Integral al niño.

Daisy Díaz Terán, Hospital Pediátrico Docente Sur “Antonio María Béguez César”

Especialista de I Grado en Imagenología. Máster en Medios Diagnósticos. Diplomada en Alta Tecnología. Profesora Instructora en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba.

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2019-10-02

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Hernández Dinza PA, Carrazana Araujo MA, Ramos Camacho C de la C, Rosell Días M, Díaz Terán D. Twin newborn with type I sacrococcygeal teratoma. A case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 2 [cited 2025 Jul. 7];13(4):562-7. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/998

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Vol. 13 No. 4 (2019): October-December

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