title: Delayed diagnosis of infected posterior mediastinal teratoma.
abstract: Mediastinal teratomas are rarely reported in children. We report a 12-year-old child, diagnosed and treated as empyema thoracis in a peripheral setting for 18 months. In our centre, CT scan performed revealed a well circumscribed multiloculated cystic lesion containing fat, bone and teeth, suggestive of a teratoma. The mass was excised and found to be an infected posterior mediastinal teratoma, confirmed on histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore.
authors.forename: Kr Bharath Kumar
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: G Rajashekhar
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ks
keywords: Empyema thoracic; Infected teratoma; Mediastinum
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