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sacrococcygeal teratoma

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  • teratoma
    / Epidemiology and pathology

    Sacrococcygeal teratomas, which affect infants, develop under the coccyx (tailbone) in a region known as Hensen’s node, which houses germ cells that differentiate to form the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. The fetiform teratoma is an exceedingly rare cystlike tumor with mature cells that usually forms…

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    Sacrococcygeal teratomas, which affect infants, develop under the coccyx (tailbone) in a region known as Hensen’s node, which houses germ cells that differentiate to form the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. The fetiform teratoma is an exceedingly rare cystlike tumor with mature cells that usually forms…

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