Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumour Masquerading as Loculated Pleural Effusion
| Autor: | Gopal Chawla, Pranav Ish, A.K. Garg, Kunal Deokar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent business.industry Pleural effusion Teratoma medicine.disease Anterior mediastinum Mediastinal Neoplasms Asymptomatic Diagnosis Differential Pleural Effusion Loculated pleural effusion medicine Humans Female Surgical excision Radiology medicine.symptom business Compartment (pharmacokinetics) neoplasms Germ cell tumour |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 88:360-361 |
| ISSN: | 2543-6031 |
| DOI: | 10.5603/arm.a2020.0116 |
| Popis: | Benign mediastinal teratomas often discovered while patients are still asymptomatic. Almost all arise in the anterosuperior mediastinal compartment. Most symptoms result from compression of adjacent structures. We report a case of a large teratoma arising from the anterior mediastinum that presented a confusing clinical picture of loculated pleural effusion which was successfully diagnosed and treated by surgical excision. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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