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'''Sacrococcygeal teratoma''' (SCT) is a [[teratoma]] (a kind of tumor) located at the base of the [[coccyx]] (tailbone). It is thought to be a derivative of the [[primitive streak]].
'''Sacrococcygeal teratoma''' (SCT) is a [[teratoma]] (a kind of tumor) located at the base of the [[coccyx]] (tailbone). It is thought to be a derivative of the [[primitive streak]].


==Differential diagnosis==
==Differenting Sacrococcygeal Teratoma from other Diseases==
 
*[[Endodermal sinus tumor]]
Other tumors can occur in the sacrococcygeal and/or presacral regions<ref name="pmid6366733">{{cite journal
*[[Ependymoma]]
| author = Bale PM
*[[Fibromatosis]]
| title = Sacrococcygeal developmental abnormalities and tumors in children.
*[[Ganglioneuroma]]
| journal = Perspectives in pediatric pathology
*Giant cell tumor of the sacrum
| volume = 8
*[[Leiomyoma]]
| issue = 1
*[[Meningomyelocele]]
| pages = 9-56
*Ovarian [[teratoma]]
| year = 1984
*[[Neuroblastoma]]
| pmid = 6366733
*Retrorectal [[hamartoma]]
| doi =
*Intracanalicular epidermoid tumor
| issn =
*[[Rhabdomyosarcoma]]
}}</ref> and hence must be ruled out to obtain a [[differential diagnosis]].  These include [[ependymoma|extraspinal ependymoma]]<ref name="pmid10726703">{{cite journal
*[[Paraganglioma]]
| author = Aktuğ T, Hakgüder G, Sarioğlu S, Akgür FM, Olguner M, Pabuçcuoğlu U
*Dermal sinus stalk ascending towards the conus modulars
| title = Sacrococcygeal extraspinal ependymomas: the role of coccygectomy.
*Hydromelia
| journal = J. Pediatr. Surg.
| volume = 35
| issue = 3
| pages = 515-8
| year = 2000
| pmid = 10726703
| doi =
| issn =
}}</ref>, [[neuroblastoma]] and [[rhabdomyosarcoma]].  Smaller SCTs with an external component, seen in prenatal ultrasounds or at birth, often are mistaken for [[spina bifida]].
 


==References==
==References==

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Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is a teratoma (a kind of tumor) located at the base of the coccyx (tailbone). It is thought to be a derivative of the primitive streak.

Differenting Sacrococcygeal Teratoma from other Diseases

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