Neoplastic Process
sacrococcygeal teratoma
Definitions related to sacrococcygeal teratoma:
  • A teratoma arising in the sacro-coccygeal region.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • A teratoma that is found at the base of the coccyx. It is the most commonly seen tumor in newborns.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A sacrococcygeal teratoma is a tumor that grows at the base of the spine in a developing fetus. It occurs in one in 40,000 newborns and girls are four times more likely to be affected than boys. Though it is usually benign, there is a possibility that the teratoma could become malignant. As such, the recommended treatment of a teratoma...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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