Intrapericardial teratoma presenting in fetal life: Intrauterine diagnosis and neonatal management

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 449-451

  Liddle, Alexander D ^a   Anderson, David R ^a   Mishra, Pankaj K ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; Intrapericardial Teratoma; Laser Ablation; Prenatal Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAPERICARDIAL TERATOMA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CESAREAN SECTION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PREGNANCY; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 56849123150     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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