Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma

Neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma with yolk sac tumour is rare. We report a case of sacrococcygeal teratoma which was proven to be yolk sac tumor after excision. The patient developed complications related to chemotherapy. The baby was ultimately managed without chemotherapy on close monitoring.

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Main Authors: Manish Pathak, Rahul Saxena, Arvind Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EL-Med-Pub 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Neonatal Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.jneonatalsurg.com/ojs/index.php/jns/article/view/373
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spelling doaj-68fb447b49a44475a3eeaef564e8dd572020-11-25T03:37:34ZengEL-Med-PubJournal of Neonatal Surgery2226-04392018-01-017110.21699/jns.v7i1.674Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management DilemmaManish Pathak0Rahul Saxena1Arvind Sinha2All India Institute of Medical sciences, JodhpurAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur IndiaAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur India Neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma with yolk sac tumour is rare. We report a case of sacrococcygeal teratoma which was proven to be yolk sac tumor after excision. The patient developed complications related to chemotherapy. The baby was ultimately managed without chemotherapy on close monitoring. https://www.jneonatalsurg.com/ojs/index.php/jns/article/view/373MalignancyPediatricYolk sac tumor
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author Manish Pathak
Rahul Saxena
Arvind Sinha
spellingShingle Manish Pathak
Rahul Saxena
Arvind Sinha
Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma
Journal of Neonatal Surgery
Malignancy
Pediatric
Yolk sac tumor
author_facet Manish Pathak
Rahul Saxena
Arvind Sinha
author_sort Manish Pathak
title Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma
title_short Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma
title_full Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma
title_fullStr Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor in Neonate: A Management Dilemma
title_sort malignant yolk sac tumor in neonate: a management dilemma
publisher EL-Med-Pub
series Journal of Neonatal Surgery
issn 2226-0439
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma with yolk sac tumour is rare. We report a case of sacrococcygeal teratoma which was proven to be yolk sac tumor after excision. The patient developed complications related to chemotherapy. The baby was ultimately managed without chemotherapy on close monitoring.
topic Malignancy
Pediatric
Yolk sac tumor
url https://www.jneonatalsurg.com/ojs/index.php/jns/article/view/373
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