Delayed Diagnosis of Infected Posterior Mediastinal Teratoma

K.R.Bharath Kumar Reddy, G Rajashekhar Murthy, Sanjay KS

Abstract


Mediastinal teratomas are rarely reported in children. We report a 12-year-old child, diagnosed and treated as empyema thoracis in a peripheral setting for 18 months. In our centre, CT scan performed revealed a well circumscribed multiloculated cystic lesion containing fat, bone and teeth, suggestive of a teratoma.  The mass was excised and found to be an infected posterior mediastinal teratoma, confirmed on histopathology.


Keywords


Infected teratoma, Mediastinum, Empyema thoracic

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v4i2.54

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