Gastric teratoma presenting as melena in the newborn: A case report

Article type: Case Report

Authors: Bhardwaj, P.^a | Thattaruparambil, V. P.^a | Vellaisamy, G.^b | Mahadevaiah, S.^a | Hegde, S.^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Pediatric Surgery, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, India | [b] Department of Pathology, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, India

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Dr Shalini Hegde, Department of Pediatric Surgery, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Koramangala, Bengaluru –560034, Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 9914208942; E-mail: shal.hegde@gmail.com.

Abstract: Melena is reported in 1 of 350 to 400 new-borns. Significant upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a neonate with an antenatally diagnosed abdominal mass has not been reported before. This case highlights an unusual presentation of a gastric teratoma and proposes a probable embryological explanation for the site of occurrence.

Keywords: Antenatal diagnosis, embryology, gastric teratoma, melena, neonate, newborn

DOI: 10.3233/NPM-210931

Journal: Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 667-669, 2022