Mediastinal teratoma presenting with hemoptysis and pleuritis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (empyema)

BACKGROUND: Mediastinal teratoma is uncommon in children. It can be very difficult to diagnose especially in early stage. Rarely, teratoma may rupture into adjacent structures and lead to lung lesions or pleuritis. The main rarity of our reported cases was the dynamic imaging findings very similar t...

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Autores principales: Liu, Jinrong, Tian, Baolin, Zeng, Qi, Chen, Chenghao, Zhou, Chunju, Li, Huimin, Shen, Yuelin, Zhao, Shunying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30514248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1357-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30514248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1357-7

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