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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(4):404-409. Published online April 30, 1982.

A Case of Gastric Teratoma Combined with Congenital Syphilis.

Du Yung Lee¹, Jin Sook Lee¹, Dong Whan Cha¹, Se Jin Kang¹, Kwang Ho Kim¹, Kwan Sub Chung¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Inchon Christian Hospital, Inchon, Korea.

Abstract

Gastric Teratomas are exetremely rare in infancy and childhood. About 50 cases of gastric teratomas are reported in the world's literature. Most of them were male. Few were dignosed prior to surgery. The mos thelpful diagnostic aid was of teeth or bone in radiologic examinations. Treatment is surgical excision and all of them were benign. Recently, we experienced a case of gastric teratoma combined with congental syphilis which was confirmed by explo-lapa and biopsy in 2month old male infant, who had large intraabdominal mass, vomiting, respiratory distress and skin lesions. The literature on this subject was reviewed briefly.

Keywords :Gastric teratoma;Congenital syphilis