Giant mediastinal teratoma found during surgery after thoracic trauma.
Most mediastinal tumors are incidentally diagnosed because they are asymptomatic. The aim of this paper is to report on the case of a 29-year-old male patient, who had an increase in cardiac area after blunt thoracic trauma. He was submitted to thoracotomy when a large mediastinal mass was found. The histopathological diagnosis was a mature mediastinal teratoma.
Santos
Paulo César
PC
Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University in Uberlândia. paulocir@hotmail.com
Maia
Cíntia Prado
CP
Pereira
Juliana Carvalho Penha
JC
Oliveira
Tassiane Cintra de Alvarenga
TC
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed