Mediastinal mature teratoma with complex rupture into the lung, bronchus and skin: a case report

Mature teratoma is the most common primary germ cell tumor in the mediastinum. On rare occasions, cystic teratomas rupture in adjacent structures, such as pleural space, pericardium, lung or tracheobronchial tree. We present a case of a mediastinal mature cystic teratoma in 16-year-old female with c...

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Autores principales: Serraj, Mounia, Lakranbi, Marouane, Ghalimi, Jamal, Ouadnouni, Yassine, Smahi, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23725382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-125
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Sumario:Mature teratoma is the most common primary germ cell tumor in the mediastinum. On rare occasions, cystic teratomas rupture in adjacent structures, such as pleural space, pericardium, lung or tracheobronchial tree. We present a case of a mediastinal mature cystic teratoma in 16-year-old female with complex rupture into the lung, bronchus and skin. Mature mediastinal teratoma fistulized to the skin has not been previously described.

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