[Calcified, cystic teratomas of the mediastinum with displacement and compression of heart, great vessels and lung].
In a 25-year-old patient two large, peripherally calcified, cystic teratomas of the anterior mediastinum shifted and partially compressed the heart, the great vessels and the lung. An exact preoperative evaluation was possible with echocardiography and computerized tomography.
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Verkalkte, zystische Mediastinalteratome mit Verlagerung und Kompression von Herz, grossen Gefässen und Lunge.