Tension teratothorax--a case report.
Respiratory distress caused by a giant mediastinal teratoma is hitherto unreported. This communication presents the case history of an 8-year-old boy who presented with this serious problem, along with perforation of the chest wall.
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M H
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Department of General Surgery, F.N. Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh, India.
Ansari
M M
MM
Reyazuddin
D002648:Child; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000209:etiology