Spontaneous rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma: A report of two cases

Benign mediastinal teratomas are commonly asymptomatic and seldom cause complications. Spontaneous rupture into the pleura is rare and cross-sectional imaging is crucial in its early detection and planning a proper surgical approach. We report two cases of spontaneous pulmonary and pleural rupture o...

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Autores principales: Madhusudhan, K. S., Sharma, Raju, Gadodia, Ankur, Kumar, Arvind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988355
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.99750
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author Madhusudhan, K. S.
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description Benign mediastinal teratomas are commonly asymptomatic and seldom cause complications. Spontaneous rupture into the pleura is rare and cross-sectional imaging is crucial in its early detection and planning a proper surgical approach. We report two cases of spontaneous pulmonary and pleural rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma and discuss the imaging appearances.
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spelling pubmed-34397892012-09-17 Spontaneous rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma: A report of two cases Madhusudhan, K. S. Sharma, Raju Gadodia, Ankur Kumar, Arvind Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Case Report Benign mediastinal teratomas are commonly asymptomatic and seldom cause complications. Spontaneous rupture into the pleura is rare and cross-sectional imaging is crucial in its early detection and planning a proper surgical approach. We report two cases of spontaneous pulmonary and pleural rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma and discuss the imaging appearances. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3439789/ /pubmed/22988355 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.99750 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Spontaneous rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Spontaneous rupture of benign mediastinal teratoma: A report of two cases
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