[Transvaginal surgical removal of a sacrococcygeal teratoma (author's transl)].

For the operative treatment of presacral sacrococcygeal teratomas perineal, abdominal, and combined abdominal-perineal routes are described. In this paper the transvaginal surgical removal of a benign teratoma after partial abdominal resection of the tumor in a 19-year-old woman is reported. No recurrence was observed within 5 years.