Thoraco-abdominal mature teratoma in a left diaphragmatic hernia.
This case describes a contiguous mediastinal and retroperitoneal mature teratoma in a congenital diaphragmatic defect, a combination that is hitherto unreported in literature. It substantiates embryological chronology of events during the cephalad migration of the primordial germ cells through the developing diaphragm, prior to its closure.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Suhasini
S
Gazula
Sandeep R
SR
Mathur
Venkateswaran K
VK
Iyer
Arun K
AK
Gupta
Dilip K
DK
Pawar
Sandeep
S
Agarwala
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D003287:Contrast Media