A huge immature cervical teratoma; antenatal diagnosis, and its management - an unusual entity

Manoj Kumar Mohanty1, Pradeep Sahu, Ashwin Ashok Jaiswal

  • 1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre, Sect - 9, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.

Cervical teratomas are not reported quite frequently in medical literature, especially from Indian subcontinent. Prenatal diagnosis of this condition is even rarer, making the management protocols difficult. In absence of prompt intervention in the form of airway decompression, morbidity and mortality is very high. Presented here is the case of antenatal diagnosed cervical mass, which was managed successfully in immediate post-natal period with uneventful survival and normalized tumor marker levels.