title: Mediastinal teratoma in a neonate.
abstract: A neonate with severe respiratory distress due to a benign mediastinal teratoma (MT) is reported. Despite early and easy surgical excision of the tumor, the child died due to poor cardiac function. Only ten cases of MT in neonates have been reported in the literature so far. While the tumor has been known to interfere with lung development in utero, postnatal myocardial dysfunction due to poor heart development has not been previously documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kebangsaan University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thambi Dorai
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Muthu Alhagi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chee Eng
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yakub
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology