Delayed Diagnosis of Infected Posterior Mediastinal Teratoma
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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.
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