[Mediastinal gonadotrophin secreting tumor (author's transl)].
A patient with precoucious puberty, caused by the secretion of ecthopic gonadotrophin, due to a teratoma of mediastinal localization accompanied by cellular immunodeficiency is described. A review of literature several cases have been from different hospitals, showing a low frequency of the intrathoratic localization of these teratomas and it is exceptional functional characteristics is made.
D002648:Child; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary
Tumor mediastínico productor de gonadotrofinas.