Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT) Patient Stories

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Given’s Story: Prenatal Care and Postnatal Surgery for Sacrococcygeal Teratoma

When Given’s parents learned their unborn baby had a sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT), a tumor on the tailbone, they sought help and hope at CHOP.

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Lyra’s Story: Celebrating the 5,000th Baby Born in the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit

After learning their unborn daughter’s life was at risk from a tumor growing on her tailbone, Lyra’s parents found hope in the SCT experts at CHOP.

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Sacrococcygeal Teratoma Surgery: Julia’s Story

When doctors discovered a large tumor growing on their unborn baby’s tailbone, Jenny and Derek sought expert care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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Sophia’s Story: Fetal Surgery to Remove a Sacrococcygeal Teratoma

Before she was born, Sophia underwent successful surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to remove a tumor called a sacrococcygeal teratoma from her tailbone. See how she's doing now.

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