Mediastinal teratomas. a clinical and pathologic study of 3 pediatric cases
Palacios, J.; Regadera, J.; Fuentes, E.; Nistal, M.
Anales Espanoles de Pediatria 25(5): 352-358
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4342 PMID: 3813227 Document Number: 272912
Mediastinal teratomas are reported in three children. Two cases: an eighteen-month-old female and a twelve-years-old female, were diagnosed of mature cystic teratoma. Third patient was a twelve-year-old male with an immature mediastinal teratoma. All tumors were located in anterior mediastinum. Mediastinal mature cystic teratomas were completely excised and their evolution were favourable. However, immature mediastinal teratoma infiltrated lung parenchyma and great blood vessels; in this case only a biopsy was performed. This patient died a month after surgical procedure. Clinical, radiological and pathological findings of mediastinal teratomas in childhood are commented. Prognostic factors and evolution of different histological types of mediastinal teratomas are evaluated.