| Autor: |
Kazuhiko Morikawa, MD, Satoshi Tatsuno, MD, PhD, Shigeki Misumi, MD |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Radiology Case Reports, Vol 15, Iss 10, Pp 1870-1874 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1930-0433 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.radcr.2020.07.054 |
| Popis: |
A mediastinal mass was incidentally detected in a 42-year-old Japanese woman during a routine medical checkup. Computed tomography revealed a 7-cm, well-circumscribed multilocular cystic mass consistent with a mature cystic teratoma; however, no solid or cystic lesion had been detected at a voluntary complete medical checkup 1.5 years earlier. An anterior mediastinal tumor resection was performed, and the histopathological findings were compatible those of a mature teratoma. Although the mechanisms that underlie rapid growth of all tridermic components in a mature teratoma remain unclear, it is presumed that the mechanisms involve hemorrhage, rupture, inflammation caused by pancreatic enzymes, and estrogen hormone activity. We presented a rare case of a rapid formation of a mediastinal teratoma, which revealed that a mediastinal teratoma with all tridermic components could develop in a relatively short period. |
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