XXXX : our experience with 10 cases.

@entity1 @entity1494 @entity5 @entity281 @entity44
AIM: To analyse the outcome of @entity44 ( @entity44 ) in our setup. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hospital records of 10 neonates, who were operated for @entity44 during 14 years time period, were retrieved and analysed. Letters were sent to 6 parents/ caretakers of @entity1 who were lost to follow up; none of them responded. RESULTS: Seven @entity1 and 3 @entity1 with a mean age of 9 days (range 1-30 days) underwent excision of @entity44 in the neonatal period. Antenatal pickup rates were poor (2/10). Two @entity1 presented with @entity5 rupture. Though all had an obvious mass at birth, only half of them presented on day 1 of life. The remaining 5 @entity1 came late at a mean age of 11 days. Half of the SCTs were 10 cm or larger in size. One @entity1 was misdiagnosed as meningomyelocoele. All underwent complete excision with coccygectomy by posterior approach in prone position. There were only 2 @entity1 who could be classified as Altman Type II, the rest were all Altman Type I. Histopathology (HPE) revealed @entity44 (n=8), grade 1 immature @entity44 (n=1) and grade 3 immature @entity44 (n=1). There was no mortality; and complications were seen in 3/10 @entity1 (1 @entity1494 , 1 major wound @entity281 ). The mean follow up was 25 months (range 1 month to 6 years) in 4 @entity1 with no recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Neonatal SCTs are usually benign with a good outcome after complete surgical excision with a low complication rate. Although long term follow up has been advocated, the follow up was poor in this series.
