title: Conjoined gastric and mediastinal benign cystic teratomas. Case report of a rare occurrence and review of literature.
abstract: Teratomas are embryonal neoplasms which arise from totipotential cells and contain elements from all three germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and the endoderm). Simultaneous occurrence of mediastinal and gastric teratomas in infants has not been reported, although gastric teratomas extending into the mediastinum have been reported twice in literature. We report here a case in which a gastric cystic teratoma was connected to its mediastinal counterpart with a pedicle. The pertinent literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, USA.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Shirodkar
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marker
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhamoon
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed