All issues > Volume 20(7); 1977

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1977;20(7):555-560. Published online July 31, 1977.

Mediastinal Teratoma in Infancy.

Mahn Kyoo Yang¹, Byung Koo Kang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Authors experienced a case of a huge intrathoracic teratoma in the right uppet mediastinum in male 7 months of age who had dyspnes of 1 month of duration, which was aggravated with cough and fever, and cyanosis 2 days prior to admission. He was relieved dramatically by open chest surgery, resecting the tumor measured 8X5X5 cm. The review of literatures was made.

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