Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
M Mutlu MD
N Kurucu MD
Y Aslan MD
B Saygin MD
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
H Sarihan MD
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Ş Ersöz MD
Correspondence to: Dr M Mutlu
Received October 12, 2010
A 42-hour-old male newborn was referred to our hospital with the complaints of life-threatening respiratory distress. A large mass was observed on posterior-anterior chest radiography. A 10 x 10 cm mass was completely excised from the anterior mediastinum and right hemitorax via right thoracotomy. Histopathologic examination of the mass revealed as immature teratoma. Mediastinal immature teratoma may cause life threatening respiratory obstruction and must be promptly diagnosed and treated.
