Fetal Tumors

Learning your baby has a fetal tumor can be frightening. Our team is here to develop a comprehensive treatment plan that puts you at ease and gives your baby the best start in life. In many cases, tumors diagnosed prenatally are monitored closely for the duration of your pregnancy and treated after delivery.

Our dedicated team of SLUCare Physician Group specialists at the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon St. Louis Fetal Care Institute are uniquely equipped to help you and your baby. Working with a multidisciplinary team of maternal fetal medicine specialists, pediatric doctors and nurses, we comprehensively monitor and treat these conditions, using the safest techniques to treat your child before or after delivery.

Tumors impacting unborn babies are often found in the following areas:

• Neck Masses - An abnormal growth of neck tissue, usually benign, that can block the fetal airway and esophagus.
• Lung Masses - A structural problem occurs during lung development, causing a mass to form.
• Sacrococcygeal Teratoma - A tumor, usually benign, that forms at the base of the baby’s tailbone.