title: [Cervical teratomas in the child (apropos of 8 cases)].
abstract: Eight cases of cervical teratomas in children are reported including 4 boys and 4 girls. Six patients presented within the first 10 days of life. The tumor was congenital in 7 cases. In 3 neonates it produced severe respiratory distress. Neural and chondral tissues were predominant but all three germ layers were represented. All patients were operated upon, with a 2/8 mortality. The main clinical and histopathological features of these rare tumors are reviewed. Early total surgical removal is the cornerstone of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier National Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wandaogo
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sankale
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndoye
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ouiminga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diop
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Tératomes cervicaux chez l'enfant (à propos de 8 cas).