Color Doppler aided prenatal diagnosis of a type 1 cystic sacrococcygeal teratoma simulating a meningomyelocele

Am J Perinatol. 1997 Jan;14(1):13-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-994089.

Abstract

Type 1 cystic sacrococcygeal teratomas, usually associated with good outcome following neonatal resection, must be differentiated at the time of prenatal diagnosis from sonographically similar meningomyeloceles, which carry a grave prognosis. We present an unusual case in which color Doppler imaging assisted correct midtrimester prenatal diagnosis of a large type 1 cystic sacrococcygeal teratoma closely simulating a meningomyelocele.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coccyx / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / classification
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningomyelocele / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pregnancy
  • Sacrum / blood supply
  • Sacrum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Spinal Neoplasms / classification
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Teratoma / blood supply
  • Teratoma / classification
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*