Background. Intrapericardial teratomas are rare and usually present early in infancy or childhood. Procedure. We describe herein a rare case of an adult patient with an intrapericardial teratoma who presented with fever, cardiac arrhythmias, and oppressive substernal chest pain. Preoperative diagno
An intrapericardial teratoma in a newborn infant
โ Scribed by Claireaux, Albert E.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1951
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 390 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-3494
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