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Cardiac-compressing intrapericardial teratoma at birth

1989; Elsevier BV; Volume: 63; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0002-9149(89)90361-5

1879-1913

Katrina R. Brabham, William C. Roberts,

Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Intrapericardial teratomas are rare and generally seen in infants and young children.1–10 They may cause respiratory distress, pericardial effusion and cardiac compression. Several case reports have described children with this neoplasm in whom operative excision was life saving.5–7,9 We present a stillborn infant with a massive intrapericardial teratoma that caused fatal cardiac compression. Its occurrence in a stillborn has been previously reported only once.10