Prenatal intrapericardial teratomas: diagnosis and management.
We present a 21-week gestation fetus, who upon routine investigation was noted to have a left-sided pleural effusion. The pregnancy was terminated, and at autopsy, a diagnosis of intrapericardial teratoma was confirmed. Primary cardiac tumors in infants and children are rare, and intrapericardial teratomas are even more so. In this brief case report, we review intrapericardial teratomas and present pertinent diagnostic and management options.
Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gursharan S
GS
Soor
Moyukh O
MO
Chakrabarti
Adriana
A
Luk
Jonathan R
JR
Abraham
Katherine
K
Phillips
Jagdish
J
Butany
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000188:drug therapy; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012907:Smoking; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
D001569:Benzodiazepines