Proteus syndrome associated with a sacrococcygeal teratoma; a rare combination

Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1996 Aug;6(4):249-51. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1066522.

Abstract

We report on an 5-year-old boy with a Proteus syndrome known since his second year of life. Hidden in a lipomatous tumor we excised a sacrococcygeal teratoma which must have been present since birth. This is the first case, out of about 50 published Proteus cases, of a patient with Proteus syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / complications*
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coccyx / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Proteus Syndrome / complications*
  • Sacrum
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Teratoma / surgery