title: A huge immature cervical teratoma; antenatal diagnosis, and its management - an unusual entity.
abstract: Cervical teratomas are not reported quite frequently in medical literature, especially from Indian subcontinent. Prenatal diagnosis of this condition is even rarer, making the management protocols difficult. In absence of prompt intervention in the form of airway decompression, morbidity and mortality is very high. Presented here is the case of antenatal diagnosed cervical mass, which was managed successfully in immediate post-natal period with uneventful survival and normalized tumor marker levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre, Sect - 9, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Ashwin Ashok
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Rikki
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singal
authors.forename: Samita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.forename: Amrish Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Garg
keywords: Airway compression; alpha fetoproteins; neck mass; teratoma
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