A 19-year-old woman with mature pericardial teratoma
| Autor: | Hani Natalie, MD, Widiastuti Soewondo, Nurita Widyasari, MD, Arief Prasetyo Utomo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Radiology Case Reports, Vol 18, Iss 3, Pp 1099-1102 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1930-0433 94242038 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.11.080 |
| Popis: | Mediastinal teratoma accounts for 10% of congenital teratoma and 7% of all childhood germ cell tumors. Subsequently, teratomas including intrapericardial or pericardial teratoma are extremely rare. A 19-year-old woman case admitted to Moewardi General Hospital in Surakarta, Indonesia, in June 2022 was reported with chest pain radiating to her back. Previously, the patient was treated with a tuberculosis regimen 2 months ago, because the CT results showed as tuberculosis mediastinal abscess. Therefore, the patient was referred to this hospital for further diagnosis. In this hospital, the CT was re-expertise with a result cystic lesion attached to the pericardial suggestive pericardial cyst. The patient later experienced tumor resection and was pathologically diagnosed with a mature pericardial teratoma. |
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