Thambi Dorai C R, Muthu Alhagi V, Chee Eng N, Ismail Z, Yakub A
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kebangsaan University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pediatr Surg Int. 1998 Nov;14(1-2):84-5. doi: 10.1007/s003830050443.
A neonate with severe respiratory distress due to a benign mediastinal teratoma (MT) is reported. Despite early and easy surgical excision of the tumor, the child died due to poor cardiac function. Only ten cases of MT in neonates have been reported in the literature so far. While the tumor has been known to interfere with lung development in utero, postnatal myocardial dysfunction due to poor heart development has not been previously documented.
报告了一名因良性纵隔畸胎瘤（MT）导致严重呼吸窘迫的新生儿。尽管肿瘤早期易于手术切除，但患儿因心功能差死亡。迄今为止，文献中仅报道过10例新生儿纵隔畸胎瘤。虽然已知该肿瘤会在子宫内干扰肺发育，但此前尚未有因心脏发育不良导致出生后心肌功能障碍的记录。
