A Case of Death Secondary to Phrenic Nerve Palsy after Huge Mediastinal Teratoma Resection in Newborn

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer

卷:18

Yang GAO¹  Yan AI¹  Yuanda CHENG¹  Chunfang ZHANG¹ 

[1] Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China;

关键词: Neonate;    Mediastinum;    Teratoma;    Phrenic nerve palsy;   

DOI  :  10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2015.08.11

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Neonatal teratomas, not common in clinical, are often some case reports, female more than male, most are benign. It can occur anywhere of body midline; sacrococcygeal teratoma is the most common and the second most frequent site of extragonadal teratomas is mediastinum. Benign is more commom and malignant is very rarely seen. Completely surgical resection is the main and effective treatment. This review reports a case of neonatal teratoma, which is complicated with a fatal phrenic nerve palsy after surgery.

【 授权许可】

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