Infected Mature Teratoma of Mesentery in a Child

Mahvir Singh, KN Ratan, Babita Rani, YS Kadian, Sonia Hasija

Abstract


Mesenteric teratomas are extremely rare in children. We report a case of 5-year-old girl with abdominal mass and fever. At operation, a multicystic mass with variable consistency found within the leaves of the mesentery of jejunum with pus in it. Histopathology examination showed mature infected teratoma of the mesentery.


Keywords


Mature teratoma, Mesentery

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v4i2.22

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