Anterior mediastinal mass in a young man.
The case is presented of a patient in whom the diagnosis of Klinefelter's syndrome was made only after a mediastinal teratoma was discovered. Chest physicians should be aware of this association since they are often the first to evaluate patients with mediastinal masses.
Travaline
J M
JM
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140.
Criner
G J
GJ
Ming
P M
PM
Kueppers
F
F
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