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A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion.
- Source :
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Case reports in surgery [Case Rep Surg] 2016; Vol. 2016, pp. 1259175. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jan 28. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The vast majority of teratomas originating from more than a single germ layer are benign. Often, such teratomas are initially asymptomatic. Later symptoms are caused by the weight per se of the teratoma and include chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and/or recurrent attacks of pneumonia. A mediastinal teratoma is treated by total surgical resection of the mass. Here, we report a case of giant mature cystic teratoma mimicking a pleural effusion in the thorax at the 7-month-old female patient with a symptom of persistent pulmonary infection and tachypnea.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2090-6900
- Volume :
- 2016
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Case reports in surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26942032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1259175