J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1977 Jul;20(7):555-560.

Mediastinal Teratoma in Infancy

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Authors experienced a case of a huge intrathoracic teratoma in the right uppet mediastinum in male 7 months of age who had dyspnes of 1 month of duration, which was aggravated with cough and fever, and cyanosis 2 days prior to admission. He was relieved dramatically by open chest surgery, resecting the tumor measured 8X5X5 cm. The review of literatures was made.


MeSH Terms

Cough
Cyanosis
Fever
Humans
Male
Mediastinum
Teratoma*
Thorax
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