[Cervico-mediastinal teratoma. A case report and review of the liberature].
Cervical teratomas are very rare tumors. Actually, most of the times they appear as a cervical extension of a mediastinal teratoma due or to intracystic haemorrhage and/or a higher content of pancreatic tissue. Progressive growth and compression on adjacent organs, as the tracheo-bronchial tract in our case, can be the arising symptoms that determine hospital admission of the patient. Histologically, they are classified as mature, benign in 95% of cases, immature and malignant tranformation. Complete surgical removal is the elective treatment. We report a rare case with significant respiratory symptoms due to extrinsic compression and a review of the literature.
Muttillo
Irnerio Angelo
IA
U.O.C. di Chirurgia d'urgenza.
Maceli
Franco
F
Giacovazzo
Francesco
F
Luzzatto
Lisa
L
Ruzzetti
Romina
R
Cortese
Francesco
F
Lanzi
Giovanna
G
Mero
Alessandro
A
D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*