title: Large benign cystic teratoma of the mesosigmoid causing intestinal obstruction: report of a case.
abstract: We report the case of a large benign cystic teratoma of the mesosigmoid in a 2-year-old child. To the best of our knowledge, this type of lesion has never been described in the English literature, although there are a few reports of teratomas arising from the greater and lesser omentum. There was diagnostic confusion due to the rarity of a teratoma arising from the peritoneal folds and also because calcification was not detected radiologically. A brief review of the literature on the diagnosis and treatment of similar lesions is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kalra Children's Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Simmi K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ratan
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ratan
authors.forename: Rajan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalra
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008646:Mesocolon; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery