Frontiers in Pediatrics (Mar 2023)

A 6-month-old girl with mesenteric teratoma: A Case report and literature review

  • Yuyan Jin,
  • Yanan Zhang,
  • Yongwei Chen,
  • Jinshi Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1131190
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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An otherwise healthy 4-month-old girl presented to the community health service center because her abdomen was distended. Over the next 2 months, the girl's abdomen gradually became more distended. Her examination was notable for abdominal distention with a large, mobile, non-tender abdominal mass. Abdominal ultrasound images and subsequently obtained CT images showed a large, circumscribed cystic and solid mass. This led to the presumptive diagnosis of teratoma of the mesentery. The mass was completely resected during a laparotomy. The pathology, along with the surgical findings and imaging, led to the final diagnosis.

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