Abstract

GARCIA CASTANEDA, Hilda; BORRAZAS GONZALEZ, Maria Cristina  and  FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ, Mireya. Anterior Mediastinal Teratoma. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2016, vol.45, n.2, pp.229-234. ISSN 0138-6557.

A 57 year old male smoking patient, with healthy history presented to the clinic for having dry cough for 3 months of evolution. Mediastinal teratoma was diagnosed, a rare tumor at that age. An anterior mediastinal mass was observed on the chest X-ray, which was confirmed by computed tomography. The location and imaging characteristics suggested the diagnosis as well. A median sternotomy was performed with tumor excision, the pathological anatomy confirmed the presence of a mature cystic teratoma in the mediastinum.

Keywords : mediastinal teratoma; germ cell tumor; mediastinum.

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