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. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
What could hemoptysis hide in an otherwise healthy child? / Nenna, Raffaella; Papoff, Paola; Moretti, Corrado; Cangiano, Giulia; Ferro, VALENTINA ANNAROSA; Salvadei, S.; Soda, Giuseppe; Mennini, Maurizio; Midulla, Fabio. - In: PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY. - ISSN 8755-6863. - STAMPA. - 46:11(2011), pp. 1146-1148. [10.1002/ppul.21498]
What could hemoptysis hide in an otherwise healthy child?
NENNA, RAFFAELLA;PAPOFF, PAOLA;MORETTI, Corrado;CANGIANO, GIULIA;FERRO, VALENTINA ANNAROSA;SODA, Giuseppe;MENNINI, MAURIZIO;MIDULLA, Fabio
2011
Abstract
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. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
