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What could hemoptysis hide in an otherwise healthy child?
Author(s) -
Nenna Raffaella,
Papoff Paola,
Moretti Corrado,
Cangiano Giulia,
Ferro Valentina,
Salvadei Serena,
Soda Giuseppe,
Mennini Maurizio,
Midulla Fabio
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.21498
Subject(s) - medicine , mature teratoma , teratoma , biopsy , anterior mediastinum , radiology , work up , mediastinal mass , mediastinum , pediatrics , general surgery , surgery
We describe a previously healthy 12‐year‐old boy who attended our Department after a sudden episode of hemoptysis and recurrent consolidation. CT‐scan revealed a mediastinal tumor. The biopsy specimens taken from the mass showed a mature teratoma. Hemoptysis is an unusual presenting symptom in an otherwise healthy child with a well capsulated, unruptured mature mediastinal teratoma. In this report, hemoptysis prompted us to undertake the diagnostic work‐up that eventually disclosed the tumor. Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2011; 46:1146–1148. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.