Sacrococcygeal teratoma symptoms What are the symptoms sacrococcygeal teratoma

sacrococcygeal teratoma which performance and how to diagnose?

sacrococcygeal teratoma sizes, many children with urinary, bowel problems, sometimes visible enlargement of the buttocks, sacrococcygeal may have mass, the tumor growth of more than one side to the hip, so hip often becomes asymmetric Sometimes the tumor protruding from the perineal bulge, rectal pressure, or by the person involved may have constipation or fecal incontinence, a part of common cystic tumor, tumor ulceration with bacterial infection can be misdiagnosed as perianal abscess, a large tumor may affect the mothers birth, digital rectal examination palpable presacral mass, rapid growth of malignant teratoma, a progressive constipation and difficulty urinating.

teratoma is one of the biological characteristics can produce alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), but not all of the AFP are produced teratoma, malignant teratoma is the same as liver cancer, AFP-positive high rate of 80%, mainly as part of its malignant yolk sac carcinoma, Tsuchia collection of 19 cases of malignant teratoma in 17 cases of yolk sac tumor, yolk sac tumor has been used to produce alpha-fetoprotein antibody immunofluorescence method from the organization of local been proven that about 50% of benign teratomas positive alpha-fetoprotein, AFP detection in the diagnosis very helpful.