• Arch Pediatr · Dec 2001

    Case Reports

    [Apropos of a mediastinal teratoma invading the lung].

    • K Boussetta, F Jaziri, D Bousnina, N Aloui, A Maherzi, T Kilani, N Kammoun Sellami, and S Bousnina.
    • Service de médecine, infantile B, hôpital d'enfants de Tunis, 1007 Jebbari, Tunis, Tunisie. Khedijaboussetta@rns.tn
    • Arch Pediatr. 2001 Dec 1;8(12):1344-7.

    AbstractMediastinal mature teratomas are rare in children. Diagnosis is often made in the presence of a complication. We report a case of a mature mediastinal teratoma, complicated by its opening in the lung. The patient was a four-year-eight-month-old girl. She was admitted for fever, cough and dyspnea. The chest radiography showed a large mediastinal mass with calcifications. The CT scans and MRI aided in establishing the diagnosis. Biological tests (alpha-foetoproteins and beta-HCG) confirmed the benignity of the tumor. The child was operated on with full success.

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