title: Mediastinal Teratoma with Neuroendocrine Features in 34-Year-Old Male with Syncope.
abstract: Neuroendocrine tumors that arise in an extragonadal teratoma are extremely rare. Somatic-type malignancy, defined as any sarcoma, carcinoma, leukemia, or lymphoma developing in a germ cell tumor, occurs in approximately 2% of all germ cell tumors. Our case represents a mediastinal mass that was incidentally found in a patient with syncope. Surgical resection confirmed mature teratoma with neuroendocrine features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health System, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7112-8568
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Andrawes
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health System, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA.
authors.forename: Masood A
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4082-4066
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shariff
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health System, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health System, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA.
authors.forename: Fanyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health System, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA.
authors.forename: Frank M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Rosell