title: What could hemoptysis hide in an otherwise healthy child?
abstract: We describe a previously healthy 12-year-old boy who attended our Department after a sudden episode of hemoptysis and recurrent consolidation. CT-scan revealed a mediastinal tumor. The biopsy specimens taken from the mass showed a mature teratoma. Hemoptysis is an unusual presenting symptom in an otherwise healthy child with a well capsulated, unruptured mature mediastinal teratoma. In this report, hemoptysis prompted us to undertake the diagnostic work-up that eventually disclosed the tumor.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors: Raffaella
authors: R
authors: Nenna
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Papoff
authors: Corrado
authors: C
authors: Moretti
authors: Giulia
authors: G
authors: Cangiano
authors: Valentina
authors: V
authors: Ferro
authors: Serena
authors: S
authors: Salvadei
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Soda
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Mennini
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Midulla
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome