title: Infected mature teratoma of mesentery in a child.
abstract: Mesenteric teratomas are extremely rare in children. We report a case of 5-year-old girl with abdominal mass and fever. At operation, a multicystic mass with variable consistency found within the leaves of the mesentery of jejunum with pus in it. Histopathology examination showed mature infected teratoma of the mesentery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Mahavir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Kn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ratan
authors.forename: Babita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.forename: Ys
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadian
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasija
keywords: Mature teratoma; Mesentery
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