RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mesenteric cystic teratoma in children
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1388
OP 1390
VO 24
IS 12
A1 Al-Arfaj, Abdullatif A.
A1 El-Shawarby, Mohammad A.
A1 Al-Mulhim, Fatma A.
A1 Lardhi, Amer A.
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/12/1388.abstract
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.