The mother received genetic counseling to stress the need for regular follow-up in the High Risk Pregnancy Clinic to asses for developing fetal hydrops. Counseling included discussion of the surgical procedure and long-term outcomes of this problem. In general terms, the counselor explained that surgery involved total tumor resection plus removal of the fetal coccyx in order to prevent recurrence. In February 1999 the referring physician reported that in November 1998, the mother had pre-term labor with delivery of a dead fetus. Fetuses with SCT are at risk for significant perinatal morbidity and mortality.
Early detection is therefore important.
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