successful surgical management of a rare combination of intrapericardial teratoma and thymoma in an infant

• Main Authors: Anand Kumar Mishra (Author), Vidur Bansal (Author), Ruchit Patel (Author), Vinay Upadhyay (Author), Aravind Sekar (Author), Vikram Halder (Author), Avneet Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Primary cardiac tumors are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all childhood tumors. They can be diagnosed prenatally. Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare benign tumor that presents either due to the mass effect of the tumor or secondary pericardial effusion. Thymus is an important part of the immune s...