Key result
Radical surgical resection of neonatal intrapericardial teratoma achieves complete tumor clearance and early clinical recovery.
Why the study?
Intrapericardial teratoma in newborns can cause critical cardio-respiratory disorders and multiple organ failure requiring urgent surgical intervention.
Case Report (n=1)
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Demonstrates the feasibility of successful radical surgical removal of an intrapericardial teratoma in a critically ill newborn with multiple organ failure.
May inform surgical timing in neonates with intrapericardial teratoma and multiorgan failure; leaves open standardized protocols for this rare entity.
This article presents a clinical case of the successful surgical treatment of a newborn with intrapericardial teratoma, which was initially diagnosed in the postnatal period, complicated by multiple organ failure, including severe cardio-respiratory disorders and acute renal damage. The systematized results of clinical, electrophysiological, radiation, and morphological diagnostics during the initial examination and at the stages of supervision of the newborn are reported. On the nineteenth day of life, significant multidisciplinary cooperation was implemented to perform a radical surgical intervention to remove the intrapericardial teratoma in a patient in critical condition due to heart compression and intrathoracic tension syndrome, which determined the needed prosthetics for vital functions. Two months after the operation, the efficiency of the intervention and complex therapy was confirmed by the direct results and data of the infants examination. The organizational aspects provided newborns with emergency multidisciplinary specialized medical care.
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Kucherov et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Intrapericardial teratoma (n=1). Surgical removal of intrapericardial teratoma was evaluated on Clinical recovery and tumor removal. Radical surgical excision of an intrapericardial teratoma on the 19th day of life in a critically ill newborn resulted in successful tumor removal and stable clinical condition at 2 months.
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