Open AccessVaginal Surgical Intervention for a Sacro‐Coccygeal Teratoma Obstructing Labor
Author(s) -
Weiss D. B.,
Wajntraub G.,
Abulafia Y.,
Schiller M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347609156810
Subject(s) - medicine , vagina , teratoma , vaginal delivery , surgery , pregnancy , obstetrics , sacrococcygeal teratoma , gynecology , general surgery , fetus , genetics , biology
. Congenital sacro‐coccygeal teratomas are rare tumors and may cause dystocia. The case presented was managed unusually by incisional drainage of the tumor through the vagina in a course of an obstructed labor, though the vaginal delivery resulted in the birth of a live, healthy infant.