Abstract
A case of immature gastric teratoma in a neonate is being reported here. The neonate was presented with abdominal mass and distension and managed with excision of mass; the patient is doing fine postoperatively.
Highlights
A 15-day-oldmale child was brought to the hospital with complaint of abdominal distention and a palpable mass in left upper abdomen since birth
Teratoma is the most frequent tumor among germ cell neoplasms in children.[1,2,3,4]In infancy and childhood the commonest site of teratoma are sacrococcygeal region (60-65%), gonadal (10-20%), mediastinal (5-10%), presacral (5%) and rarely intracranial, retroperitoneal and cervical.[5]There is a striking male predominance of gastric teratoma with only seven cases (7%) occurring in females.[4]In most of the cases, the chief complaints are abdominal distention and lump but sometimes respiratory difficulty can be caused by upward displacement of the diaphragm by the tumor
Gastric teratoma can arise from any part of the stomach, common sites are the lesser curvature of stomach, antrum and fundus of stomach along the posterior wall
Summary
A 15-day-oldmale child was brought to the hospital with complaint of abdominal distention and a palpable mass in left upper abdomen since birth. Abdominal examination revealed a firm, irregular mass in left upper abdomen. Ultrasonography revealed a solid-cystic mass with mixed echogenicity in left upper abdomen and continuous with gastric outline.
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