title: Congenital posterior mediastinal teratoma--a case report.
abstract: Almost all mediastinal teratomas are found in the anterior mediastinum. We describe a case of a 41-day-old baby girl who had teratoma in the posterior mediastinum. She presented at the age of 6 days with the problem of progressive jaundice and was found to have septicaemia. During septic screening, chest X-ray revealed a mass in the right mediastinum. Ultrasound and CT-scan of the chest showed a multiloculated mass at the right posterior mediastinum. Fine needle aspiration biopsy of the mass confirmed a teratoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Harun
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yaacob
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology