title: Asymptomatic intrapericardial mature teratoma.
abstract: Benign mature teratomas are the most common type of germ cell tumors that arise in the anterior mediastinum. Intrapericardial teratomas are a rare manifestation of this tumor type, which are generally diagnosed during infancy because of the heart compression symptoms they produce. Here we report a rare case of intrapericardial mature teratoma that was incidentally discovered in an asymptomatic 51-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Michel.Gonzalez@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: Stephan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: Hans-Beat
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Ris
authors.forename: Jean Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Perentes
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis*