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C.A. Mosk (Christina), C.P. van de Ven (Cees), J.H.J.M. Bessems (Gert), M.M. van Noesel (Max), L.H.J. Looijenga (Leendert) and R.M.H. Wijnen (René)

2013-07-01

Unusual presentation of a posterior mediastinal teratoma

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports , Volume 1 - Issue 7 p. 164- 166

We report a case of a five-year-old Caucasian girl with a posterior mediastinal teratoma. She presented with scoliosis and back pain. The teratoma was fixed to several surrounding structures, such as the aorta, the left lung and the chest wall, which complicated surgical excision. All these aspects are discussed and possible explanations for the development of mediastinal teratoma's are reviewed.

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Keywords aorta, article, back muscle, backache, biopsy, calcification, cancer surgery, case report, chest tube, child, childhood cancer, computer assisted tomography, echography, female, follow up, histopathology, human, human tissue, idiopathic scoliosis, lung, mediastinum tumor, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, posterior mediastinal teratoma, preschool child, priority journal, spine radiography, teratoma, thoracoscopy, thoracotomy, thorax radiography, thorax wall, tumor localization, tumor volume
Persistent URL doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2013.05.013, hdl.handle.net/1765/41533
Journal Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Organisation Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam
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Mosk, C., van de Ven, C., Bessems, G., van Noesel, M., Looijenga, L., & Wijnen, R. (2013). Unusual presentation of a posterior mediastinal teratoma. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 1(7), 164–166. doi:10.1016/j.epsc.2013.05.013


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