TREATMENT OF SACROCOCCYGEAL TERATOBLASTOMA IN CHILDREN

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of treatment of several cases of relatively rare malignant tumor in children - sacrococcygeal teratoblastoma. Over last fifteen years there were 8 children with this diagnosis treated in the Irkutsk State Regional Children's Clinical Hospital. Mean age was 1.5 years. All children were admitted to the hospital with stages III and IV of the disease. After the course of chemotherapy the surgical treatment was conducted from perineal section with obligatory coccygectomy. Four children recovered, three died, one child is having the course of postoperative chemotherapy.

Keywords

• sacrococcygeal teratoblastoma
• children
• surgical treatment