Infected mature teratoma of mesentery in a child.

APSP J Case Rep

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Published: September 2013

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.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754403PMC

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