A Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pleural Effusion
| Autor: | Mustafa Erman Dorterler, Mehmet Emin Boleken, Sezen Koçarslan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Surgery, Vol 2016 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-6900 2090-6919 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2016/1259175 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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