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Life-threatening respiratory distress caused by a mediastinal teratoma in a newborn
J G Mogilner1, J Fonseca, M R Davies
1Paediatric Surgery Department, Baragwanath Hospital, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
Mediastinal teratomas rarely cause symptoms in newborns. Case reports drawing attention to this presentation have appeared in the literature. A 2-day-old baby with respiratory distress treated by intubation and mechanical ventilation underwent an urgent thoracotomy to alleviate tracheal compression that was caused by a teratoma. The clinical, radiological, and surgical features related to this case are reported.