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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.

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