Prenatal and Neonatal MRI of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma With Surgical Correlation

A Vague Gluteal Swelling in a Neonate: Challenges in Its Diagnosis and Management. Short Title-Sacroccoygeal Teratoma

Sacro coccygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common extra gonadal neoplasm in the pre sacral area occurring in neonatal period. They mostly occur in the midline with a female preponderance. They are usually attached to coccyx, They are believed to be arising from totipotent cells that originate from primitive knot (Hensen's node), hence are usually attached to coccyx. Infection in a sacrococcygeal teratoma has been rarely reported. Here is a report of a case of vague gluteal mass in a neonate and challenges in its diagnosis and management.