Carcinoid tumor in a presacral teratoma associated with an anterior sacral meningocele: case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery. 1988 Mar;22(3):581-8. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198803000-00025.

Abstract

We report a case of a presacral teratoma containing a malignant carcinoid component associated with an anterior sacral meningocele that presented in a 35-year-old woman. The clinical, radiographic, and pathological features of these rare tumors, of presacral meningoceles, and of the hereditary presacral teratoma syndrome are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoid Tumor / complications*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
  • Carcinoid Tumor / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Meningocele / complications*
  • Meningocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningocele / surgery
  • Myelography
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Teratoma / pathology
  • Teratoma / surgery