Posterior mediastinal cystic teratoma surrounded by fat in a 13 month old boy. Value of magnetic resonance imaging.
A 13 month old boy had a large left sided posterior cystic mass initially thought to be in lung. MRI showed the cystic mass to be surrounded by fat. A benign mediastinal teratoma was removed.
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Babies Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Radiology, New York, New York.
Abramson
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Berdon
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*