Radiography of hereditary presacral teratoma

Radiology. 1977 Jan;122(1):187-91. doi: 10.1148/122.1.187.

Abstract

Radiographic findings and related information are described for a series of 26 patients from six unrelated families. The tumor complex consists of a presacral teratoma and a sacrococcygeal bony defect occurring in a familial pattern. Many of the patients also had an associated vesicoureteral reflux, skin dimples, retrorectal abscess, and anorectal stenosis. The main radiographic features were the presence of a unilateral or central developmental deformity of the sacrum and coccyx, and the absence of radiographically visible soft-tissue calcifications.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pedigree
  • Radiography
  • Sacrococcygeal Region / diagnostic imaging
  • Sacrum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / genetics
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Teratoma / genetics