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The clinical manifestations and pathological features of an extremely rare cardiac tumour, a mature (benign) teratoma, in a 6 year-old girl are described. These are compared with those reported in the literature.
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Cox, J.N., Friedli, B., Mechmeche, R. et al. Teratoma of the heart. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 402, 163–174 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00695058
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