Life-threatening respiratory distress caused by a mediastinal teratoma in a newborn.
Mediastinal teratomas rarely cause symptoms in newborns. Case reports drawing attention to this presentation have appeared in the literature. A 2-day-old baby with respiratory distress treated by intubation and mechanical ventilation underwent an urgent thoracotomy to alleviate tracheal compression that was caused by a teratoma. The clinical, radiological, and surgical features related to this case are reported.
Mogilner
J G
JG
Paediatric Surgery Department, Baragwanath Hospital, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Fonseca
J
J
Davies
M R
MR
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery