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Giant hypothalamic hamartomas (GHH) are rare neonatal intracerebral congenital malformations responsible for gelastic epilepsy and/or endocrine disturbances. Sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) are fetal neoplasms associated with perinatal morbidity and mortality, especially hemorrhagic complications in giant examples (GSCT). Here, we describe an immature ruptured GSCT complicated by hemorrhagic shock at 32-week gestation boy requiring an emergency delivery, followed immediately by urgent surgical removal. A brain lesion resembling a GHH was also present on the antenatal MRI. In order to exclude metastatic immature teratoma or glioma, a biopsy was performed by a retro-sigmoidal approach, which confirmed the nature of the hamartoma. Here, we describe for the first time the association of a ruptured immature GSCT associated with a GHH.
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Serratrice, N., Faure, A., de Paula, A.M. et al. Description of a giant hypothalamic hamartoma associated with an immature ruptured giant sacrococcygeal teratoma: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst 37, 2363–2367 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04894-y
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