Cervico-thoracic teratoma masquerading as lymphatic malformation
| Autor: | B. E. J. Hartley, Mahmood F. Bhutta, H.-Y. Ching |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Thorax medicine.medical_treatment Mediastinal Neoplasms Diagnosis Differential Lymphangioma medicine Sclerotherapy Humans business.industry Teratoma Infant Mediastinum Cystic hygroma General Medicine Anatomy medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mediastinal Neoplasm medicine.anatomical_structure Lymphatic system Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Neoplasms Lymphangioma Cystic Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 120:955-958 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0022215106002143 |
| Popis: | A case is presented of a nine-month-old male infant who presented acutely with an anterior neck and mediastinum mass compressing the trachea. Radiological assessment by ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography suggested the nature of the mass to be a lymphatic malformation (cystic hygroma). The excised specimen was revealed as a mature teratoma. The inability to distinguish between lymphatic malformation and teratoma on multi-imaging modalities confers a risk of mismanaging these lesions with the use of sclerotherapy; surgical excision is the necessary treatment. The potential consequences are discussed. |
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