[A case of mediastinal teratoma discovered availing of pneumonia].
A 42-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with hemosputum and an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Although her hemosputum disappeared after the treatment of pneumonia, the abnormal shadow was not improved. Chest CT showed a mediastinal mass. She underwent thoracotomy and the tumor, measuring 6 x 5 x 5 cm in size, was resected. Pathological diagnosis was a mature type teratoma with direct invasion to the lung. We have to take mediastinal teratoma into consideration as one of the causes of pneumonia.
Sasaki
H
H
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Noto
H
H
Miyazawa
H
H
Toshima
M
M
Hagino
I
I
Komiyama
S
S
Nishiya
Y
Y
Fujimura
M
M
Izumi
S
S
Miwa
A
A
Yamashita
H
H
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*