Immature Mediastinal Teratoma - A Cause of Recurrent Respiratory Distress
Abstract
Teratomas are interesting because of
their obscure origin, bizarre microscopic
appearance and sometimes unpredictable
behaviour, Although they occur infrequently
in children, clinician should be
aware of their clinical features, natural
history, pathology and principles of treatment.
In an attempt to document some of
the features, we report a case of an infant
with a large mediastinal teratoma
presenting with severe and recurrent respiratory
distress, Patient was operated
successfully with no recurrence after 8
months of follow up.
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