title: [A case of mediastinal mature teratoma accompanying elevated CA 19-9 and CEA in the cystic fluid].
abstract: Fourteen year old female visited our hospital suffering from anterior chest pain. Chest CT revealed anterior mediastinal mass which had multiple cystic lesions, 8.5 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm in size. Tumor extirpation had performed by median sternotomy and pathological diagnosis was mature teratoma. CA 19-9 and CEA in the cystic fluid had elevated 32,790 U/ml and 768 ng/ml, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D020420:Cyst Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen