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Thoraco-abdominal mature teratoma in a left diaphragmatic hernia

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This case describes a contiguous mediastinal and retroperitoneal mature teratoma in a congenital diaphragmatic defect, a combination that is hitherto unreported in literature. It substantiates embryological chronology of events during the cephalad migration of the primordial germ cells through the developing diaphragm, prior to its closure.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Suhasini Gazula & Sandeep Agarwala

  2. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Sandeep R. Mathur & Venkateswaran K. Iyer

  3. Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Arun K. Gupta

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Dilip K. Pawar

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Sandeep Agarwala

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Gazula, S., Mathur, S.R., Iyer, V.K. et al. Thoraco-abdominal mature teratoma in a left diaphragmatic hernia. Indian J Pediatr 77, 563–564 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-0020-6

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