PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Arfaj, Abdullatif A.
AU  - El-Shawarby, Mohammad A.
AU  - Al-Mulhim, Fatma A.
AU  - Lardhi, Amer A.
TI  - Mesenteric cystic teratoma in children
DP  - 2003 Dec 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1388--1390
VI  - 24
IP  - 12
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/12/1388.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/12/1388.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Dec 01; 24
AB  - Mesenteric teratoma is an extremely rare tumor, arising, akin all other teratomas, from totipotent primordial cells and displays a mixture of tissues of tridermal or bidermal origin. Two cases of mature mesenteric teratoma in a 5-month-old girl and a 4-month-old boy, the youngest reported in the literature, excluding a case recently diagnosed prenatally, are described. Diagnostic tools, differential diagnosis and management are also discussed.