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Preoperative angiography with embolization and radiofrequency ablation as novel adjuncts to safe surgical resection of a large, vascular sacrococcygeal teratoma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16479404     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCTs) can present a challenging problem and can be associated with significant perinatal morbidity and mortality. A female child was born at 36 weeks' gestation with a large, vascular Type 1 SCT originally identified by prenatal ultrasound. A CT scan showed two large feeding vessels arising from both internal iliac arteries that were successfully embolized during angiography. A radiofrequency probe was then used to ablate a zone between normal tissue and the tumor. The SCT was subsequently surgically excised with minimal blood loss. This case is presented to illustrate two useful and previously unreported postnatal adjuncts to the surgical treatment of massive, hypervascular sacrococcygeal tumors.
Authors:
Robert A Cowles; Charles J H Stolar; Jessica J Kandel; Joshua L Weintraub; Jonathan Susman; Nitsana A Spigland
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2006-02-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pediatric surgery international     Volume:  22     ISSN:  0179-0358     ISO Abbreviation:  Pediatr. Surg. Int.     Publication Date:  2006 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-31     Completed Date:  2006-09-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8609169     Medline TA:  Pediatr Surg Int     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  554-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10032, USA. rc2114@columbia.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiography
Catheter Ablation
Embolization, Therapeutic
Female
Humans
Iliac Artery
Infant, Newborn
Sacrococcygeal Region / blood supply,  pathology,  surgery*
Teratoma / radiography,  surgery*

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