Primary Germ Cell Tumor of the Mediastinum - Presenting as a Huge Mass

Germ cell tumors compromise 15-20% of all anterior mediastinal masses; 50-60% of these are benign mediastinal teratoma. There may be mature, immature, and rarely with malignant component within the tumor mass. There are more chances of malignancy with immature type. We are reporting a case in 20-yea...

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Autores principales: Dalal, Usha, Jora, Manjit Singh, Dalal, Ashwani K., Attri, Ashok K., Singal, Rikki, Gupta, Samita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24627752
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author Dalal, Usha
Jora, Manjit Singh
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Attri, Ashok K.
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description Germ cell tumors compromise 15-20% of all anterior mediastinal masses; 50-60% of these are benign mediastinal teratoma. There may be mature, immature, and rarely with malignant component within the tumor mass. There are more chances of malignancy with immature type. We are reporting a case in 20-year young male diagnosed as giant benign cystic teratoma which was adherent to superior vena cava. The patient underwent surgical excision. In follow up of 2 years, the patient is not having any complaints.
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spelling pubmed-39507482014-03-13 Primary Germ Cell Tumor of the Mediastinum - Presenting as a Huge Mass Dalal, Usha Jora, Manjit Singh Dalal, Ashwani K. Attri, Ashok K. Singal, Rikki Gupta, Samita Int J Prev Med Case Report Germ cell tumors compromise 15-20% of all anterior mediastinal masses; 50-60% of these are benign mediastinal teratoma. There may be mature, immature, and rarely with malignant component within the tumor mass. There are more chances of malignancy with immature type. We are reporting a case in 20-year young male diagnosed as giant benign cystic teratoma which was adherent to superior vena cava. The patient underwent surgical excision. In follow up of 2 years, the patient is not having any complaints. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3950748/ /pubmed/24627752 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Preventive Medicine 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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