title: Mesenteric cystic teratoma in children.
abstract: Mesenteric teratoma is an extremely rare tumor, arising, akin all other teratomas, from totipotent primordial cells and displays a mixture of tissues of tridermal or bidermal origin. Two cases of mature mesenteric teratoma in a 5-month-old girl and a 4-month-old boy, the youngest reported in the literature, excluding a case recently diagnosed prenatally, are described. Diagnostic tools, differential diagnosis and management are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. aalarfajsa@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Abdullatif A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Arfaj
authors.forename: Mohammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El-Shawarby
authors.forename: Fatma A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Al-Mulhim
authors.forename: Amer A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lardhi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal