title: Mediastinal mature teratoma in a child- A case report.
abstract: Mediastinal teratoma is an infrequent germ cell tumour and comprises of 1 to 5% of all mediastinal tumours. We report a case of mediastinal mature teratoma in a 12 year old boy who presented to us with persistent non-productive cough, fever and dyspnoea for the past 7 months. Computed tomographic scan of thorax revealed a large anterior mediastinal mass measuring 11.2x9.9x14cm with calcification within. He subsequently underwent a median sternotomy with left subcostal extension (L-incision) and excision of tumour. Histopathology of the tumour revealed a mature cystic teratoma. We would like to report a case of successful surgical management of a large mediastinal mature teratoma in a child.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun Ipoh, General surgery, Jalan Hospital, Ipoh, perak 30990, Malaysia. wilson_liew@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: W X
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pulau Pinang, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pulau Pinang, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narasimman
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pulau Pinang, Department of Pathology, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Navarasi
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pulau Pinang, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohd Hamzah
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed