successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant

Primary cardiac tumors are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all childhood tumors. They can be diagnosed prenatally. Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare benign tumor that presents either due to the mass effect of the tumor or secondary pericardial effusion. Thymus is an important part of the immune s...

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Autores principales: Anand Kumar Mishra, Vidur Bansal, Ruchit Patel, Vinay Upadhyay, Aravind Sekar, Vikram Halder, Avneet Singh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b281b88188304112b63f3edeb65865912021-11-19T10:42:06Zsuccessful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant0971-92611998-389110.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_259_20https://doaj.org/article/b281b88188304112b63f3edeb65865912021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2021;volume=26;issue=6;spage=459;epage=461;aulast=Mishrahttps://doaj.org/toc/0971-9261https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3891Primary cardiac tumors are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all childhood tumors. They can be diagnosed prenatally. Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare benign tumor that presents either due to the mass effect of the tumor or secondary pericardial effusion. Thymus is an important part of the immune system in the pediatric age group. Thymic lesions are rare causes of anterior mediastinal pathology. Their occurrence in children is rarer, nevertheless knowledge about their pathologies helps in clinching the correct diagnosis. We report a case of combined intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma that has not been reported previously in the literature.Anand Kumar MishraVidur BansalRuchit PatelVinay UpadhyayAravind SekarVikram HalderAvneet SinghWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticlecardiac tumorsmediastinumthymomatumor markersPediatricsRJ1-570SurgeryRD1-811ENJournal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Vol 26, Iss 6, Pp 459-461 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic cardiac tumors
mediastinum
thymoma
tumor markers
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Surgery
RD1-811
spellingShingle cardiac tumors
mediastinum
thymoma
tumor markers
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Surgery
RD1-811
Anand Kumar Mishra
Vidur Bansal
Ruchit Patel
Vinay Upadhyay
Aravind Sekar
Vikram Halder
Avneet Singh
successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
description Primary cardiac tumors are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all childhood tumors. They can be diagnosed prenatally. Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare benign tumor that presents either due to the mass effect of the tumor or secondary pericardial effusion. Thymus is an important part of the immune system in the pediatric age group. Thymic lesions are rare causes of anterior mediastinal pathology. Their occurrence in children is rarer, nevertheless knowledge about their pathologies helps in clinching the correct diagnosis. We report a case of combined intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma that has not been reported previously in the literature.
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author Anand Kumar Mishra
Vidur Bansal
Ruchit Patel
Vinay Upadhyay
Aravind Sekar
Vikram Halder
Avneet Singh
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Vidur Bansal
Ruchit Patel
Vinay Upadhyay
Aravind Sekar
Vikram Halder
Avneet Singh
author_sort Anand Kumar Mishra
title successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
title_short successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
title_full successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
title_fullStr successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
title_full_unstemmed successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
title_sort successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/b281b88188304112b63f3edeb6586591
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