title: Gastric teratoma: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Gastric teratoma is a rare tumor of infancy, almost exclusively found in males. We report a 6-month-old male child with gastric teratoma who presented with gastrointestinal bleeding; he was treated successfully with local excision of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seth G S Medical and K E M Hospital, Mumbai. sushrudh@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hirugade
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Talpallikar
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Borwankar
mesh_terms: D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*